A woman has been arrested on suspicion of deliberately leaving nails and screws on roads around Whaplode.
Lincolnshire Police said they’d received ‘multiple reports’ of the occurrences in the last nine months.
A spokesman for the force said: “We have arrested a woman on suspicion of causing danger to road users following an investigation in to reports of nails and screws being left in the road.
“Over the course of around nine months, officers have received multiple reports of that the screws and nails had been left deliberately in the road in the Whaplode area.
“Each of these reports has been taken very seriously, and we have been carrying out a number of enquiries since they were made.
“The woman was arrested on Tuesday July 2 and has been interviewed and released on police bail pending further enquiries.
“We would encourage you to report any incident which may pose a risk to the public to the police so that we can investigate.”
