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• Don't be alarmed if you spot a man in
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a trenchcoat, collar turned up, dark glasses and snap-brim fedora taking covert photos of unsuspecting dustmen and their vehicles.
Swansea City Council is taking the cloak-and-dagger measure of "putting a tail" on private refuse collection and street cleaning firms, at a cost of £8,000 for three months, to see if they are doing the job properly.
The gumshoe may even "plant" litter and subsequently return to the scene of his crime to see if the sweepers have cleaned it up. Can't you picture the scene: red-faced private detective trying to explain to keen young bobby why he was hurling litter about, while dustbin men look on . . .
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