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NewsNational crime figures point to violent trend in shop thefts
Thieves are increasingly threatening violence against retailers and shop workers, with a 10% increase in the number of robberies in the sector over the past year.
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NewsVan with obscured number plates seized over fuel theft
West Midlands Police have seized a van with an obscured number plate, with officers subsequently linking the vehicle to a drive-off.
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NewsThieves use angle grinder to break into forecourt
Officers from West Mercia Police are appealing for information after three thieves used an angle grinder to gain access to a forecourt shop.
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NewsMan admits to stealing goods worth £1,600 from London forecourt
A 46-year-old man is awaiting sentence after being found guilty of eight counts of theft from a BP filling station in west London.
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NewsNumber plate cloning on the rise
There has been a 9% rise in the number of motorists contacting the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency to report their vehicle’s registration has been cloned.
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NewsRacially abusive tyre slasher jailed for forecourt attack
A 27-year-old man is beginning a custodial sentence after hurling racial abuse at two men at a petrol station before taking a knife to the tyres of vehicles parked on the forecourt.
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NewsRooftop forecourt break-in sees goods worth £5,000 stolen
Officers from Devon and Cornwall Police are appealing for information following a forecourt robbery that saw goods worth £5,000 stolen.
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NewsCar set ablaze following forecourt assault and attempted robbery
A 41-year-old man has been arrested in connection with an attempted forecourt robbery that saw a member of staff assaulted and the getaway vehicle set ablaze.
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NewsPolice appeal for information following double fuel theft
Officers from Northamptonshire Police have released images of two men sought in connection with fuel thefts in Wellington, Northants.
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NewsDiesel no-means-of payment incidents jump 40%
Forecourt operators are dealing with a shock rise in drivers claiming to be unable to pay for diesel after filling up, with a 40% increase in no-means-of-payment incidents for the fuel being recorded.
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NewsNew shield blunts angle grinders to stop EV charging cables being stolen
A new shield has been developed to help protect EV charging cables from being cut with power tools by thieves who go on to sell the leads for their scrap value.
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NewsPolice bust illicit mobile petrol station
Officers from the Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire Roads Policing Unit have arrested an individual after stopping a van that was kitted out with equipment that effectively turned it into an illicit mobile petrol station.
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NewsMan robbed at forecourt cashpoint
Officers from Dorset Police are appealing for witnesses after a man in his 40s was robbed at a petrol station cashpoint earlier this month.
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News‘They don’t give a damn’: the real cost of the illicit tobacco trade
Store owners in Croydon have spoken candidly about the devastating effect of the illicit tobacco and vape trade on their businesses, warning that rogue traders face no real consequences and that the price gap between legal and illegal products is impossible to bridge.
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NewsPolice bust family fuel thieves for 600 incidents
Officers from Hertfordshire Constabulary have announced that 12 people, 11 of whom are from the same two families, have been charged in connection with a series of 600 fuel thefts in the region.
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NewsProlific fuel thief sentenced
A 46-year-old man has been sentenced after carrying out multiple drive-offs from the same petrol station in Prestatyn, Denbighshire.
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NewsTeenager stole £3,000 of forecourt goods because he was ‘bored’
An Essex teenager burgled a petrol station in Harwich with two others because has was bored, a court has heard.
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NewsTop 50 Indie hit by forecourt burglary
A filling station in Cambridgeshire run by a Top 50 Indie operator has been subject to a burglary.
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NewsPolice issue fraud warning over 'sophisticated' pay at pump scam
Specialist cyber-crime police officers are warning drivers to be on the lookout for suspicious pay-at-pump card terminals after receiving reports of a “sophisticated fraud” targeting the devices.
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NewsNew roads policing team to tackle illegal number plates
The Department for Transport has formed a new roads policing team to tackle the scourge of illegal number plates, which are fitted to as many as 2.8m cars and are often used in conjunction with drive-offs.