MOTORISTS in Hartlepool are being urged to remove Sat Nav’s from their vehicles.

Hartlepool Police has seen an increase in thefts from cars recently.

PC Steve Cranston, from Hartlepool Police crime Prevention Unit, said: "We want to remind motorists to not only remove Sat Nav’s and the cradle from the car but to wipe the windscreen to remove the tell tale suction mark."

Hartlepool Crime Prevention Panel are selling Nav Mats priced at £20 from Atkinsons Print, Church Street.

This is a device on which the system sits and is readily removed from the vehicle, leaving no mark on the windscreen.

For more information call PC Steve Cranston on 01429-405585.