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Police success in clamping down on illegal metal trade
POLICE have seized scrap metal from four vehicles dur- ing a day of action to clamp- down on the theft of the ma- terial in the county last week. Officers were based at
Sharpness Docks throughout the day on Monday, January 6, to check for anyone trans- porting metal without the ap- propriate licence, insurance or details of who they had bought the scrap from. Automatic number plate
recognition technology was used to help identify and stop those who could be breaching the law or involved in offenc- es, while licensing officers from Stroud District Coun- cil joined police to check vehicles and issue penalties where necessary. Following on from the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013, which places more strin- gent measures upon those who purchase, sell or in any way transport scrap metals, police can now seize metal if those transporting it are flouting the law. Goods from four vehicles
were seized because those transporting the metal did not possess the relevant docu- mentation. The funds from the sale of
that metal will now go back to Gloucestershire Police.
January 9, 2014
Sweet time for shop on show
AWARD winning Cirences- ter chocolate shop Lick the Spoon was chosen over worldwide brand Cadbury to be shown on tomorrow’s BBC TV programme The One Show. Lick the Spoon owners Mat- thew and Diana Short wel- comed The One Show crew into their shop at the end of November. The show was investigating whether the shape of chocolate affected its taste, following Cadbury recently changing the shape of its Dairy Milk bars. “After Cadbury didn’t sup-
Police check a vehicle in their scrap metal operation at Sharpness on Monday (3281653) Superintendent Phil
Haynes said: “This was our part of a wider day of action against metal theft in the region but we and our partners have been right at the forefront of setting good practice in the last couple of years.
“W e’ ve clampe d down on deal- ers
ignor-
ing the law, made regular checks
on
scrapyards and recovered thousands of pounds of stolen metal, making ar- rests and issuing fines where necessary. “The situation has im-
proved because of this but we are determined to continue the progress and make sure metal thieves know there is no place for them in this county.
“Schools, churches,
shops and members of the public have all been the targets and many
have been severely incon- venienced and left out of pocket as a result. We will not tolerate such behav- iour.”
Amongst the other re-
sults, three vehicles were found to have no insur- ance, one tested positive for red diesel, which is illegal and one motorist was found to be using a mobile phone while driv- ing.
The operation was also
carried out on the A48 in the Forest of Dean.
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ply a comment for The One Show, the team came to us instead,” said Matthew. “We were over the moon. Hopeful- ly this means we’ll see many more customers. January is a very quiet year for us with people on diets or trying to save money after Christmas.” Lick the Spoon is located on Black Jack Street in the cen- tre of Cirencester. Matthew and Diana also have another store in Corsham, Wiltshire, where the BBC crew also went to film. As well as filming the choc-
olate shops, the team went on a walk around Cirencester, filming in the newly opened Morrison’s store on Dyer Street and businesses on Black Jack Street. See Cirencester and Lick
the Spoon on BBC One’s The One Show tomorrow, Janu- ary 10, at 7pm. Visit lickthe
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