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• Edward Stobart, managing director of Carlisle-based Haulier of the Year Eddie Stobart, is furious over an apparent smear campaign against his company. "There were rumours from other hauliers that Stobart's on the fiddle," he told CM, "but this is complete nonsense — there's nothing wrong."
Stobart was responding to allegations of a police investigation into drivers' hours' and trailer heights but says that the 18-month investigation has found "nothing major".
Police took a large number of tachograph charts and interviewed drivers from various depots after stopping a company vehicle with a tachograph fault. Stobart denies any problems with vehicle heights, stressing that all his trailers over 4.2m high fall below the 32-tonne weight limit for high loads.