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what was reported as a ’12-hour robbery’ at an Authorised 3rd Party Facility in Menen, West Flanders, in Belgium. The offenders were able to circumvent the security cameras after bre breaking into the storage facility on 12 August.


€149,782 €14


On 11 August, thieves forced open the entry gate to a secured parking site in Bristol, in the south west of the United Kingdom, and drove into the yard in a tractor unit, which they hitched up to a trailer and shipping container loaded with a cargo of fridge freezers.


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€113,426


A shipment of televisions was taken from a parked and attended truck at Watford Gap motorway service area (MSA) in Northamptonshire in the UK on 8 August after thieves cut a hole in the vehicle’s tarpaulin curtain.


€108,730


In another ‘curtain cutting’ crime in the UK on 13 August, the offenders got away with fashion clothing after targeting a truck parked in a layby in Rothwell, Northamptonshire.


€108,706


The same M.O. was used by criminals to steal a shipment of tyres from a parked and attended truck in an unsecured parking location in Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, on 20 August.


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In the €50,000 to €100,000 loss range in August, the 10 highest value thefts all occurred in the United Kingdom, and all but one involved trucks parked in unsecured locations:


• €99,008 – Televisions stolen from a truck parked in a layby on the A1 in Newark-on-Trent in the UK on 23 August


• €97,608 – Vacuum cleaners taken after thieves cut open the curtain side of a truck on the M2 in Rainham, Kent, on 30 August


• €86,538 – Tobacco products stolen after offenders broke into a secured yard in Tamworth, Staffordshire, on 16 August, and drove away a loaded trailer using their own tractor unit


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€86,449 – IT products were taken from a parked and attended truck in a layby in Rushden, Northamptonshire, on 16 August


€84,393 – Children’s toys were taken in this crime on 29 August, which was recorded as taking place at Woolley Edge MSA between junctions 38 and 39 of the M1 in Wakefield, West Yorkshire. Thieves cut open the tarpaulin side of the parked and attended vehicle


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€76,385 – Another curtain cutting crime resulted in the loss of copper products from a vehicle in Stowe, Buckinghamshire, on 10 August


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• €72,270 – Blyth MSA at junction 34 of the A1(M) in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, was the scene of this theft of fashion clothing from a truck on 28 August


• €72,117 – On 11 August, offenders stole whisky from a parked trucked, which had stopped in a layby in Crick, Northamptonshire


• €72,115 – A number of hybrid bicycles were taken from a truck which was left in an unsecured parking location on an industrial estate in Coleshill, Birmingham, on 15 August


• €72,087 – Thieves cut the locks and seals of a shipping container onboard a trailer in Dover, Kent, on 30 August to steal clothing and footwear products. The vehicle was parked in a layby on the A2 when the incident took place.


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