NaVCIS Bulletin

o  NaVCIS Freight Desk collates ALL UK Freight Crime and maintains a national database
o  We need Police and Industry to tell us about Freight Crime Incidents that happen in the UK
o  The database is secure and confidential and we respect the ‘commercial integrity’ of incidents
o  We need your help in obtaining the = Bigger Picture of all UK Freight Crime
o  We are interested in all the following types of Freight Crime
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Load Thefts – Theft From Motor Vehicle
Vehicle Interference – Attempt Load Thefts
Hijacks – Robbery – Violence used to steal loads - HGV’s – Semi-Trailers
HGV Thefts – Theft of Motor Vehicle
Semi-Trailer Thefts – with or without loads
ANY suspicious incidents with unusual “Modus Operandi’ – Fake Hauliers/Frauds/Fake Police, HA, DVSA
Reporting to Police?
Ask them to inform us too
Tell us by secure email =
Issue 0016
NaVCIS Intel Tel: 02476 826118
[email protected]
15/04/16
GWENT Police – NW UK OCG Members Jailed
Five men have been jailed for stealing a trailer loaded with
£20,000 of biscuits from a Burton’s Biscuits factory in south Wales
Cardiff Crown Court was told the men, from Cheshire and
Liverpool, targeted the Burton’s factory at Cwmbran, Gwent on
June 17 last year. The abandoned the trailer – worth about
£10,000 – was later recovered but not the biscuits, which were
valued at about £20,000
Kieron Price, Stephen Burrows, Aaron Thomas, Anthony Edgerton
and Paul Price admitted charges relating to the biscuit theft and
received jail terms ranging from 44 to 16 months
Issue 0016
NaVCIS Intel Tel: 02476 826118
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15/04/16
NaVCIS / VOSA Intelligence Operation
At 11.35hrs on the 12th April 2016, our Dover Ports Police
NaVCIS SPOC and VOSA, stopped an incoming Scania tractor
unit towing a Krone TIP semi-Trailer (pictured opposite) at the
Eastern Docks, Dover
The trailer was fully loaded and was found to have been
stolen in January 2016 from Belgium
The trailer has been returned to its rightful owners and the tractor
unit/load has been seized for further enquiries by Customs
Officers
Issue 0016
NaVCIS Intel Tel: 02476 826118
[email protected]
15/04/16
Merseyside Police – Refrigerated Semi-Trailer Theft
On the 31st March 2016, at 00.55hrs offenders stole a
refrigerated semi-trailer loaded with meat products
from an industrial park in Knowsley, Merseyside
The offenders used a Daf CF Tractor Unit, White,
bearing cloned number plates, VRM: **12*** (see
CCTV picture opposite)
If you have any information, please contact
Merseyside Police on 101, Crimestoppers or NaVCIS
contacts below
Issue 0016
NaVCIS Intel Tel: 02476 826118
[email protected]
15/04/16
Suffolk Police – A14 Load Theft – Lotus Alloy Wheels
Overnight from 21.00hrs on the 4th April 2016 to 05.15hrs on the
5th April 2016 Offenders attacked a curtainside HGV Semi –trailer
and stole a selection of Lotus alloy car wheels
The HGV was parked on the A14 westbound near to Saxham
Business Park, just off the A14 at Saxham
Any information about the offence or witnesses, please contact
PC Teri Hatch, Suffolk Police, on 101, Crimestoppers or
NaVCIS contacts below
Issue 0016
NaVCIS Intel Tel: 02476 826118
[email protected]
15/04/16
Suffolk Police – Another A14 Load Theft
Overnight from 21.00hrs on the 22nd March 2016 to 10.00hrs on
the 23rd March 2016 Offenders attacked a curtainside HGV Semi
–trailer and stole a part load of Paint
The HGV was parked on the A14 eastbound, close to Cleeton St
Mary, Stowmarket. If you can, avoid insecure parking on the A14
in this area
Any information about the offence or witnesses, please contact Pc
Mark Simpson at Stowmarket Police Station, Suffolk Police,
on 101, Crimestoppers or NaVCIS contacts below
Issue 0016
NaVCIS Intel Tel: 02476 826118
[email protected]
15/04/16
Police Scotland – M74, J13, Lanarkshire
Late evening on 12th April 2016 a parked HGV had its curtains slashed
and offenders inspected the goods but nothing stolen
The driver had just parked at Abington Services on the M74 and left
the cab to use the toilets. When he returned 20 minutes later he saw
the damage
Offenders appear to have been in situ and watched him leave HGV
unattended
Any Information? – contact Police Scotland, Crimestoppers or NaVCIS
contacts below
Issue 0016
NaVCIS Intel Tel: 02476 826118
[email protected]
15/04/16
Thames Valley Police – Lorry Load Theft
Overnight on the 6th – 7th April 2016 offenders have attacked a
parked HGV on an industrial estate, Middleton Road, Banbury,
Oxfordshire
They cut the curtains on semi-trailer, stealing a part load of
seven pallets of medical products
Any Information? – contact Thames Valley Police on 101,
Crimestoppers or NaVCIS contacts below
Issue 0016
NaVCIS Intel Tel: 02476 826118
[email protected]
15/04/16
Norfolk Police – Stolen Trailer ID Plates – Slide 1 of 2
Industry partners have informed us about the theft of
Trailer ID and Ministry Trailer Plates from a depot in
Norfolk very recently
Please see the list opposite for all the details of the trailer
plates stolen
Issue 0016
NaVCIS Intel Tel: 02476 826118
[email protected]
15/04/16
Norfolk Police – Stolen Trailer ID Plates – Slide 2 of 2
Please see picture opposite for an example of one
of the ID plates stolen
We are concerned that they could be used to clone
Stolen semi-trailers of a similar type and size
If you have any information then please contact: Norfolk
Police on 101; Crimestoppers anonymously or NaVCIS
Contacts below
Issue 0016
NaVCIS Intel Tel: 02476 826118
[email protected]
15/04/16
Hertfordshire Police – Freight Crime Hot Spots
A414, South of St
Albans
South Mimms
Services, J23, M25,
Potters Bar
A10 approach to
M25
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NaVCIS Intel Tel: 02476 826118
[email protected]
15/04/16
Thames Valley
Police
Freight Crime
Hot Spots
Newport Pagnell
Services
J14-15 M1
A34, Bicester to
Newbury
A40, High Wycombe
To
Denham, Uxbridge
Reading Services,
J11-12, M4
Issue 0016
NaVCIS Intel Tel: 02476 826118
[email protected]
15/04/16
German Police – Theft of Two Loaded HGV’s
Overnight on the 10th – 11th April 2016, offenders
forced entry into a Logistics Yard south of Heidelberg
and stole two articulated HGV’s, by means of ‘hot
wiring’
Both the semi-trailers were loaded with cosmetic and
hygiene products and have yet to be recovered
Any information to Crime stoppers or NaVCIS
Contacts below
Issue 0016
NaVCIS Intel Tel: 02476 826118
[email protected]
15/04/16
German Police – AGAIN - Theft of Two Loaded HGV’s
Overnight on 7th – 8th April 2016, east of Frankfurt am
Main, offenders burgled a logistics site and stole keys
to two loaded HGV’s
Both lorries were tracked by GPS systems east along
the A3 motorway and eventually recovered minus
their loads
Any information to Crime stoppers or NaVCIS
Contacts below
Issue 0016
NaVCIS Intel Tel: 02476 826118
[email protected]
15/04/16
German Police – Tobacco Cargo Theft
At the end of March 2016 a driver stopped at lorry
park “Euro Rastpark, Guxhagen” on A7 Motorway,
Central Germany
Offenders cut a hole in rigid trailer roof and stole 400
cartons of tobacco products
Any information to Crime stoppers or NaVCIS
Contacts below
Issue 0016
NaVCIS Intel Tel: 02476 826118
[email protected]
15/04/16
German Police – Load Theft Hot Spot
Industry contacts have informed us about numerous
recent load thefts on the A24 motorway between
Hamburg and Berlin
Drivers using the rest area “ Shremheide” have
suffered load thefts. Photocopiers were the latest load
to be stolen
Any information to Crime stoppers or NaVCIS
Contacts below
Issue 0016
NaVCIS Intel Tel: 02476 826118
[email protected]
15/04/16
Issue 0016
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Title and Version :
NaVCIS Freight Bulletin
Purpose :
To provide current and relevant
intelligence for industry partners
Relevant to :
Freight, Logistics & Insurance
Industry
Summary :
As Purpose
Creating BOCU/ Branch & Unit :
NaVCIS Freight Desk
Briefing author :
Andrew Round 46940
Created Date :
Friday 15th April 2016
Review Date :
14 days from above
NaVCIS Intel Tel: 02476 826118
[email protected]
15/04/16