Thieves steal £25,000 worth of mouthwash after smashing lorry into compound
Footage reveals the moment thieves used an angle grinder and the force of an HGV to break into a compound and steal £25,000 worth of dental products.
The three men drove a white lorry cab to the locked site in Stallingborough, Lincolnshire, on April 16.
After stopping the vehicle, two of them approached an outer gate and cut through it with the angle grinder.
They encountered a second barrier which they struggled to break open by hand, instead resorting to using the lorry to smash through it.
CCTV footage released by detectives show the trio attaching a haulage trailer before driving off with it.
Humberside Police said the trailer’s container contained 5,000 bottles of mouthwash and chewing gum, worth around £25,000 in total.
Officers later found the trailer with false plates dumped without its container at an industrial site in Sheffield, South Yorkshire.
DC Wayne Martin of Humberside Police said the man seen in the high-vis waistcoat ‘appears not to be able to use his right arm’.
He added: ‘I would appeal for anyone with information about this incident to contact us on our non-emergency number 101 quoting reference 16/41004/21.
‘You can also contact the independent charity Crimestoppers to provide information anonymously.’
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