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• Somerset County Council has lost a vehicle worth £76,000 after cunning thieves destroyed every security device on the premises.
The Foden 4000 Series 8x4 rigid with its Multilift HL32/56 unit was taken on the night of March 25 from the council's Odcombe waste disposal site near Yeovil. The registration is J26 GTC, chassis number is 404850 and engine number 5KDO2508.
The vehicle had been parked in the fenced, locked compound when the thieves cut through the fence, cut the phone lines, broke into the office, smashed the alarm systems, broke the key box and started the vehicle. They had cut the bolt on the gate and kept the padlock intact se the gates could be tied with string and the padlock replaced to avoid early detection.
"We think it's in some container in a port. It's far too obvious a vehicle to drive around," says Somerset specification officer Dave Pengilly. "We've heard that there have been nine skip lorries stolen around the country in the past three months, two of them from Dorset County Council."
Contact: Somerset County Council on (0823) 255691.
/ The spate of Volvo thefts in Norfolk continues (CM 26 Mar-1 Apr). Thieves took RBT Transport's FL10 tractive unit from Vinces Road Industrial Estate, Diss between 18:00hrs and 05:00hrs on 24-25 March. The company is offering a £1,000
reward for the £40,000 vehicle.
The 18-month-old 4x2 is registered H270 SAH with chassis number YV2F3ASA6LA350827 and engine 27906. It is white with a black chassis and has the blue and yellow RBT Nationwide Distribution livery on the doors and front. All tyres were new and the tanks were full.
RBT boss Mick Brown runs a fleet of eight and has to replace the tractive unit. "In cash it's cost me several thousand pounds, including lost earnings, hiring a vehicle until the insurance comes through and covering the difference between the book value and the cost of a new replacement vehicle."
Contact RBT Transport on (0379) 853836 or the Great Yarmouth Police on (0493) 842222.
Another new FLIO has been taken from Finningham-based Miller Farms.
The vehicle, registration J617 CAH, was parked on a concrete pad near Finningham, and police believe the thieves pushed in the back window before driving off. The tractive unit, which has the company name and a red and orange livery, was unhitched by the thieves from a trailer full of grain.
Contact: James Miller on (0449) 781265.
• And still in East Anglia, a Volvo FLIO has been stolen from Whitworth Produce's depot at Oak Lane, Littleport, Cambs. It was on hire from Welney, Norfolk-based haulier Howard Kent and
disappeared at around 22:00hrs on Sunday 29 March. The thieves left the trailer behind. Whitworth hired the truck because one of its own Volvo F1Os was taken from the same site six weeks ago. The F10 has since been recovered; it has been crudely resprayed and was allegedly used by rustlers. Some suspects have been arrested.
The FL10 that was stolen on Sunday is white with a red chassis, is registered E298 WKO with chassis number W2F0A4A4TC883660 and engine number 766200387.
Contact Howard Kent on (0354) 71484.
• Two Tinsley curtainsided trailers have been stolen from Charing Finance & Leasing premises in Wigan and the company is offering a £500 reward for information leading to the recovery.
One had black curtains and the other red. Their numbers are 89657 and 89658.
Contact: Charing Finance & Leasing on (0704) 545074.
• Leyland Freighter 11.15 with sleeper cab, reg G538 SVM: Owners Granyte Surface Coatings had this vehicle stolen from a lorry park at Ware, Herts on the night of March 11.
The company's name and address is on both doors with the name on the drop sides of the trailer. The vehicle was loaded with woodfinish products.
Contact: Terry Murfin on (0992) 37361.