Two trucks are hijacked
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• Two organised gangs of hijackers attacked drivers in Norfolk and Dublin last week, stealing their loads of tumbledriers and computer parts. In Norfolk the driver was hijacked and tied up in the back of his cab while the hijackers made off with £50,000 worth of tumble-driers.
The gang, believed to be travelling in a dark G-reg Ford Granada, blocked a 'junction, forcing the driver to stop on the A47 between Wisbech and King's Lynn. The driver and tractor were later dumped in a layby on the Al 2 in Brentwood, Essex—police are still searching for the trailer. Norfolk CID says that hijacking trucks is very uncommon in the area—anyone with information about the incident should call 01553 691211.
In a separate incident a Dublin truck driver was left tied up for 14 hours by armed hijackers who stole his £500,000 consignment of computer parts. Two masked men held a gun to the driver's head before tying him up and locking him inside the container on the back of his rigid. He was attacked while en-route from Dublin Airport to EMC Computers in County Cork. The driver was finally freed when a passer-by, who recognised the truck, contacted the authorities.
A tracking system had not been activated because the delivery to a Cork computer firm had been a one-off job For the carriers.
The shocked driver, who has not yet returned to work, was released from hospital after an examination.