Around £5,000 worth of stolen guttering has been recovered by police.
Two men from Bradford have been arrested on suspicion of theft after police stopped a vehicle in Nelson on Tuesday.
At 12.30pm on Tuesday, police received a report of theft from an address in Blackburn.
After making some enquiries, officers spotted a vehicle in Nelson with members of the Tac Ops team carrying out a stop.
Discovered in the car was around £5,000 worth of guttering.
The two men arrested were later released under investigation.
A police spokesperson said: "We wanted to let you know about a few really good pieces of police work from yesterday and today where we have stopped vehicles and made arrests.
"At about 12.30pm yesterday we received a report of a theft from an address in Blackburn and after some good proactive police work a vehicle was spotted in the Nelson area and stopped by officers from our Tac Ops team.
"Around £5k of guttering was recovered and two men from Bradford arrested on suspicion of theft.
"They have been released under investigation while our enquiries continue."
Around the same time a car on cloned plates was clocked on the M6, before being stopped by officers on the M61.
The car was confirmed as stolen from an address in Manchester.
On Wednesday morning police stopped a stolen BMW X5 in Nelson and arrested two men on suspicion of theft.
The spokesperson continued: "At about the same time we spotted a car on cloned plates driving south on the M6.
"Great teamwork led to the car, a Hyundai i30, being stopped safely on the M61.
"The car was confirmed stolen from an address in Greater Manchester. Enquiries are continuing.
"This morning Tac Ops proactively stopped a stolen BMW X5 in Nelson and two men were arrested on suspicion of theft. They are currently en-route to custody."
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