Cardiff: Delivery van stolen overnight and dumped in river

The van was found nearly five miles (eight kilometres) from the garden centre, dumped in a river near a public footpath within Bute Park.

Alicia Hulbert, assistant manager at the company’s Cardiff shop, said: “It’s a strange one, to pinch a van to then drive it into a river.

“When we first drove in this morning, the gate was completely ripped off from the post.”

She added they could see debris from the van’s bumper on the ground, but only became aware of where the vehicle had ended up when people posted pictures on social media.

CCTV footage showed two people wearing balaclavas who “looked very young”, she added.

She said the staff and customers were all really angry and concerned with the “phone ringing off the hook” all morning.

“We are obviously concerned about wildlife, and about a van with diesel and oil being dumped in the river,” she said.