A TRIO of men have been accused of the attempted theft of diggers and other plant equipment from Trafford Park on Monday.

Police were called to the industrial area at around 2.30pm when a security company reported seeing a group of men on CCTV.

After a search involving dogs as well as a helicopter from the National Police Air Service, four men were arrested on suspicion of burglary with intent to steal.

One of them was released under investigation, but three of them have been charged.

Dean Goodwin, Sean Hardman and Arly Tudge, all from Bolton and between the ages of 22 and 32, are appearing at Manchester and Salford Magistrates' Court on Tuesday.