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Trowel! Services on the M1 in Nottinghamshire. Since the end of September, 18 curtainsiders have been slashed open and a variety of highvalue goods has been stolen.
PC Malcolm Jarvis of Nottinghamshire Police says that in one incident a consignment of ladies underwear worth more than £30,000 was stolen. "It's not one person," he says. It has to be a team because of the quantities stolen."
Doherty Transport of Londonderry, Northern Ireland had 21 mountain bikes worth more than £2,000 stolen at the end of last month. Owner Don Doherty says: "We had 132 bikes there so they obviously didn't have room for the rest. The driver was sleeping in the cab."
Anybody with information is asked to ring the confidential police hotline on 0800 555111. or PC Jarvis at Stapleford police station on 0115 9 430999.