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    Met Police crackdown on tool theft, as force recovers half a million worth of tools at car boot sale
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    Met Police crackdown on tool theft, as force recovers half a million worth of tools at car boot sale


    Met Police crackdown on tool theft, as force recovers half a million worth of tools at car boot sale

    https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/exclusive/met-police-crackdown-on-tool-theft-as-force-recovers-half-a-million-worth-of-too/

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    1. Agitated-Kale8690 on

      Stealing tools is the lowest of the low. Tradesmen are literally one of the most important trades in the country. Utter scum people stealing the way they make a living

    2. Current-Order9074 on

      I feel like the Met Police could do so much to improve their image with a relentless focus on this and other car/home thefts. All the evidence suggests that the bulk of this crime is committed by a small number of people (as shown here) and they could make a proper dent if they just did this relentlessly for a year.

    3. ApprehensiveDark3000 on

      I love how the police only suddenly decide to do ‘something’ once once it has completely spiralled out of control… pathetic waste of tax payer money

    4. Deadliftdeadlife on

      As a tradie I love this. Tool theft is soul destroying.

      Remember site getting done in 2021 and every electrician plumber and chippy lost their tools. What was weird too was that site had loads of locked doors, but only the only with tool stores in got opened. Inside job. The guys get some labourer on site to tell them where everything is.

    5. PerceptionGreat2439 on

      Couldn’t the tool manufacturers build in some kind remote locking device? Without the fob and electronic code, the tool is dead to all but the owner.

      Good to see plod making an effort and trying to win hearts and minds. They take their time don’t they.

    6. Rich-8080 on

      My van was broken into last week, all my tools gone (gardening equipment) police didn’t want to know. Gave me a crime reference number, didn’t come out. Yesterday I received a letter stating that due to lack of evidence and leads they’d be closing the case.

    7. Matterbox on

      All we would have to do is register tool serial numbers online with a central database. No readies would want to buy tools without serial numbers intact. Stolen tools can be traced to people.

      They do it for pushbikes very successfully. There was a Darknet Diaries episode about it recently. Really interesting.

    8. North-Village3968 on

      Shame it’s illegal to set up a sting, leave a van full of tools unlocked and wait for them in the back of the van with a hammer. That would be the last time the scum steal tools.

    9. brazilish on

      I’d recommend any tradesmen stick an apple tag or similar in with their tools.

    10. Peear75 on

      I don’t know if anyone else here watches DJ Audits videos on youtube, but just the other day he came across several skips full of brand new Bosch garden tools, in Kettering. I’d bet these have come from somewhere similar. Knock off rejects. Don’t be surprised when the blades start flying off and you lose a few fingers.

    11. Dark_Foggy_Evenings on

      Theft is shit full stop but tool theft is dirtier than a lot of it.

    12. Corrie7686 on

      Every time I see a whole load of well used tools at a car boot, it’s obvious they are stolen.
      If the thieves had no way of selling them, they would stop stealing them.
      Target the sellers

    13. rubmypineapple on

      I think more people need to know that tradies very rarely sell their tools. They use them till they break.