Thieves. They're at it again

[lurkalot]

Just a heads up.  Thieves are doing the rounds again. 

 

Grasshopper Marks Tey Colchester got raided again about 8PM last night.  As usual only targeting Stihl equipment.  CCTV apparently shows two men faces covered, driving a Renault car with registration blanked out.  I dare say other dealers will get hit over the next few nights.

[woody paul]

Out of interest what model and colour Renault.

[lurkalot]

Not sure that info is available, I would have to ask.  Though as far as I'm aware it the CCTV was only just about good enough to make out what make the car was.   They have some front though, I mean grinding the lock off the main gate on the side of the A120, which is a busy road even at 8PM.

[Lust4life]

Shame an amnbush can't be set at dealers for them. They wouldn't rob the hard working again 

[eggsarascal]

1 hour ago, lurkalot said:

Not sure that info is available, I would have to ask.  Though as far as I'm aware it the CCTV was only just about good enough to make out what make the car was.   They have some front though, I mean grinding the lock off the main gate on the side of the A120, which is a busy road even at 8PM.

This is the thing, the A120 is a busy road, one bloke using the grinder and the other covering, (best he can) the sparks from prying eyes and the lock is off in no time.

 

I was listening to the wireless the other day and one chief constable was saying at times they are so short staffed that they can only respond to 999 calls if the offence is violence, or if there is a report of loss of blood, everything else has to wait it's turn. Welcome to Great Britain.

 

 

[woody paul]

9 minutes ago, eggsarascal said:

This is the thing, the A120 is a busy road, one bloke using the grinder and the other covering, (best he can) the sparks from prying eyes and the lock is off in no time.

 

I was listening to the wireless the other day and one chief constable was saying at times they are so short staffed that they can only respond to 999 calls if the offence is violence, or if there is a report of loss of blood, everything else has to wait it's turn. Welcome to Great Britain.

 

 

Short staffed because they are sitting in hospitals watch and looking after a patient waiting to be sectioned.

[eggsarascal]

33 minutes ago, woody paul said:

Short staffed because they are sitting in hospitals watch and looking after a patient waiting to be sectioned.

I think I get what you mean. We have cut social workers to the bone, so that's what the police are doing?

[openspaceman]

1 hour ago, eggsarascal said:

ne bloke using the grinder and the other covering, (best he can) the sparks from prying eyes

A multitool with diamond cutter doesen't make sparks does it?

[eggsarascal]

3 minutes ago, openspaceman said:

A multitool with diamond cutter doesen't make sparks does it?

I took the Op's point about grinding the lock off as meaning they'd used a grinder.

 

[openspaceman]

20 minutes ago, eggsarascal said:

I took the Op's point about grinding the lock off as meaning they'd used a grinder.

 

I know but thieves know better