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National blitz hauls in 700

26th June 1997, Page 15
26th June 1997
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by Karen Miles • The level of law-breaking among truck operators was again underlined last week when police forces across England, Scotland and Wales handed out more than 700 prohibition notices during a national road check.

The check of 5,700 lorries, code-named Operation Mermaid, finished with 337 people reported for traffic offences and the imposition of 700 prohibition orders, 333 of them immediate. Prosecutions could result from 280 alleged tachograph offences.

There were at least 34 • Customs officers have arrested eight people after seizing 70k9 of ecstasy tablets, worth 22m on the street, which were hidden on a British-registered truck.

The tablets were found under a load of potatoes by officials who searched the vehicle last week when it arrived off a ferry from Calais. A spokesman for Customs and Excise at Dover says the National Investigation Service had been following the case for several months.

Four people, including the driver, have already been charged and remanded in custody until 26 June. Four other people have also been arrested in connection with the case.

A spokesman for Customs the past week in Dover we ered 100kg of ecstasy—we up to the rave season." says: "Over have recovare coming

arrests, including 10 for criminal offences and eight of people found to be wanted on warrants.

The multi-agency check, which involved the police, the Benefits Agency, Customs and Excise, the Health and Safety Executive and the Environment Agency, also uncovered 11 stolen vans, a stolen Scania truck and 10 stolen van engines.

The check took place on 10 June and full results are expected by mid-July. Further checks are expected later this year.

Kent police discovered one vehicle which was found to be so heavily laden its rear tyres burst. In Grampian and North Yorkshire vans were found each containing a horse or pony, and in Greater Manchester 145 sheep and 13 pigs were found in a vehicle without transit records.

In Avon and Somerset a van was found to be 47% over its permitted gross weight.


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