Bail renewed
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• Five men under investigation for an alleged fraud which cost hauliers £750000 have been re-bailed by West Yorkshire police until the autumn. The five, all from Yorkshire, are due to reappear at Pontefract police station on 31 October in connection with losses sustained by hauliers from two Leeds freight forwarders. By then Crown Prosecution Service lawyers should have decided if charges will be brought. Two of the arrested men worked for South Elmsallbased Allied Imports, two others for Akcent Europa and the fifth allegedly worked as an accomplice with the two Akcent employees. employees. Akcent operated from the Stourton Container Base. Both Allied and Akcent have ceased trading. Another man remains in Honduras, central America, where there are no extradition rights. Fraud squad staff have investigated allegations that two years ago the freight forwarders ran up collective debts with international hauliers of up to £750,000. Both companies allegedly received payment from customers.