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THE POLICE PERSPECTIVE "We're quite sure the theft of trucks
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[for scrap] is happening but it is difficult to gauge the extent of the problem," says Detective Sergeant Andy Round, who heads Truckpol, the national intelligence unit that forms part of the wider ACK) (Association of Chief Police Officers of England, Wales and Northern Ireland) Vehicle Crime Intelligence Service. "We know we get a lot of lorries stolen but whether they are taken for their goods, to be sold on intact or to be broken down is difficult to say."
Truckpol reports that a number of Scania trucks have been stolen from Kent this year and it is thought that recycling thieves may have been responsible. Earlier this summer a man was arrested and bailed in connection with the theft of catalytic converters from a warehouse in Norwich, And trucks transporting precious metals are also being targeted: a Volvo flatbed was ambushed in Kent and a large copper cable drum was removed.