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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.
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NewsForecourt ram-raid safe thief jailed
A 34-year-old man is beginning a 19-month prison sentence after pleading guilty to a burglary that saw a forecourt shop ram-raided and its safe stolen.
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NewsMan jailed for throwing coffee at forecourt worker in “shocking” assault
A 20-year-old man has been imprisoned for carrying out an assault on a staff member at a forecourt in Burgess Hill, West Sussex.
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NewsStaff member stole £8,500 from Colchester forecourt
A 33-year-old man from Colchester has admitted to stealing £8,500 from a petrol station on the A12 to fund his drug habit.
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NewsMan sentenced for attempted forecourt arson
A 22-year-old man suffering from mental-health difficulties has been sentenced after attempting to start a fire at a forecourt in Ipswich, Suffolk.
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NewsMan charged over petrol station robbery
A 38-year-old man has been charged with robbery following an incident at a forecourt in Kirkby, Merseyside, which saw staff members assaulted.
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NewsKnifepoint forecourt robber gets three years
A man who held up a BP petrol station in Coventry has been given a three-year custodial sentence.
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NewsThe Forecourt Crime Report: over 170,000 offences recorded at petrol stations
Data from 34 police forces has revealed how serious an issue crime is at petrol stations, with over 8,000 assaults, 3,200 incidents of criminal damage,1,500 burglaries and 1,800 robberies logged by officers since 2022 – yet out of thousands of forecourt crimes, just 12.5% resulted in any action being taken against suspects.
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NewsDeliberate non-payment is driving rise in fuel thefts, says BOSS
New stats from the British Oil Security Syndicate (BOSS) reveal that deliberate non-payment is driving much of the latest 3% rise in forecourt crime. Another worrying trend is the increase in cases involving self-service checkouts, where drivers are deliberately avoiding adding their fuel purchase when prompted at the till.
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NewsNaked forecourt cocaine binge man sentenced
A man who ran naked around a petrol-station forecourt in Swindon when under the influence of cocaine has been sentenced after pleading guilty to a host of charges.
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NewsMass brawl breaks out at Essex forecourt
Officers from Essex Police are appealing for witnesses to come forward following a fight involving “multiple people” at a filling station in Canvey Island.
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NewsEx-Tesco employee charged with £2k fuel theft
An ex-Tesco employee has been charged with theft after more than £2,000-worth of fuel was stolen from two of the supermarket’s petrol stations in Hertfordshire.
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NewsLondon petrol stations hit with three armed robberies a month
London’s petrol stations are being subjected to an average of three armed robberies a month, with no action being taken against suspects in 77% of cases, Forecourt Trader can reveal.
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NewsSales of disposable BBQs banned
The government has announced a ban on the sale of disposable barbecues in light of the wildfire risk they pose in the current heatwave, with potential prison sentences for retailers who breach the rules.
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NewsCocaine binge sees man run naked around forecourt
A 36-year-old man who was under the influence of cocaine ran naked around a Swindon petrol station.
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NewsMan jailed for forecourt armed robbery
A Gloucestershire man has been jailed for four years and eight months after robbing a petrol station when armed with an imitation handgun.
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NewsMan given custodial sentence for forecourt robbery
A 19-year-old man from Stoke-on-Trent is beginning a custodial sentence in a young offender’s institution following a late night forecourt robbery that left a staff member “shaken and scared”.
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NewsNew tech sees Met catch BP robbers
New technology being rolled out as part of the Met’s crackdown on retail crime has helped catch criminals targeting BP forecourts as well as other retailers across London.
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NewsEnergy Secretary makes excuses for drive-off perpetrators
Energy Secretary Miatta Fahnbulleh has said that the cost of living is partly to blame for a sharp rise in drive-offs.