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Loss of secure site leads to more attacks
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The police warn drivers to remain vigilant and are considering a sting
operation. Chris Tindall reports.
THERE HAS BEEN a spate of attacks on curtainsiders on the All A14 conidor following the closure of the Alconbury truckstop which is forcing drivers to park in unsecure areas.
Cambridgeshire Police have stepped up patrols and even asked the Road Haulage Association (RHA) to help set up a sting operation to catch the thieves.
Detective Inspector Trudie Skeels says: "Around 20 lorries were targeted in several locations It happens when the drivers are asleep at night, parked up at either petrol stations or in lay-bys.
In some cases three or four men, all wearing balaclavas. have approached the parked vehicles and slashed the curtains to gain access."
Chrys Rampley, manager of security at the RHA, confirms that she has been approached by the police to help mount an operation using a decoy vehicle. Pat Nicholson of the Professional Drivers Association says the closure of theAlconburytruckstop at the end of August has fuelled the spate of truck-related crime: "Al conbury was secure, this is the thing. At Peterborough services there's no security at all. [And] by 5pth you don't stand a chance of getting in."
In the past month the rise in truck crimes has included: • 510 cases of rare Benedictine brandy taken from a lay-by at Godmanchester • Razor blades taken from Blackstone Road in Huntingdon • Hair products taken from the Stukeley Meadows industrial estate in Huntingdon • Kitchen hobs taken from a layby in Ellington • Boxes of curtains taken from Hinchingbrooke Business Park
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