Valuable loads from lorries are being stolen
|
Police are warning truck drivers about rising levels of lorry crime in the West Midlands.
Figures suggest 19 lorries have been "hijacked" across the UK in the past three months and 13 of these incidents have been in the West Midlands.
Some of the lorry thefts have involved violence against drivers.
Police are now putting lorries in the worst-hit lay-bys which display signs warning drivers that parking up could leave them in danger of being robbed.
The signs have translations in numerous languages to warn foreign drivers working in the UK.
The information about which lay-bys have been worst-hit across the country is being collected and analysed at a Coventry-based police intelligence service.
One-Minute World News
News services
E-mail this to a friend
Printable version
Bookmark with:
What are these?