Transport and Logistics Network
A self-employed tradesman says his family business has been “ripped apart” after a group of thieves stole his truck, digger and all his tools.
Lee Lawry, who runs a small groundwork and landscaping business in Snodland[1], called Lawry Paving and Lands…
The Royal Family[1] have world-class security at their disposal at all times but they’ve still endured frightening break-ins and uncontrollable fires over the years.
One notorious incident took place in 1982 when an intruder bypassed Buckingham Castle’…
A thief who stole more than £20,000 worth of shoes from a lorry at a service station has been jailed.
Early on April 11, a security guard at the Medway Services on the M2 saw a man loitering near a curtain-sided lorry.
A short time later, he was seen t…
A man has been jailed after admitting stealing shoes worth nearly £23,000 from a lorry near Gillingham.Michael Tremarco, of St Agnes Drive in Canvey Island, Essex, previously pleaded guilty to theft, driving without insurance and driving otherwise than…
A truck driver was caught using a mobile phone on his lap while driving in Warwickshire[1]. He was one of 62 drivers clocked by police using a handheld mobile phone behind the wheel.
Police used a HGV ‘super cab’ on the M40, M42, M6 and M69 and videoed…
Traffic police officers have been driving a plain white HGV tractor unit on key routes to spot drivers using mobile phones or breaking seatbelt laws.West Mercia Police borrowed the vehicle from National Highways because it gave them “an elevated positi…
Buck’s Ford Mondeo – which was later discovered to have been on false plates – was initially spotted by police towing a van in Blyth Road, Worksop, about 18:45 BST on 23 February.Police said officers observed the two vehicles turning in the road at “ex…
A van driver was arrested at taser-point after leading police on a 100mph chase around the M60[1].It came after police spotted the suspected cloned vehicle on the motorway near Bury[2] at around 7.45pm last night (Tuesday).When the driver failed to sto…
The red pick-up was stopped near Wheatley, East Oxford, on the M40 southbound towards London and according to officers, subsequent checks revealed that – despite being “cloned” – it was a stolen vehicle.
Vehicle cloning involves a criminal taking or co…
The man who police believe fatally ran over another man in Hood River last week[1] was arrested Tuesday.
Johnathan Bradly Matthews, 31, faces charges of second-degree murder, first-degree robbery, first-degree theft and unauthorized use of a vehicle af…