Shedding light on criminals

Jan 29 2009 by Mark Cowan, Birmingham Mail

THIS is the high-tech gizmo police are using to help in the fight against multi-million pound freight crime.

Traffic officers hope it will give them a head-start in targeting gangs behind the theft of lorry-loads of lucrative goods on the West Midlands motorway network. Research has shown that cargos are more likely to be stolen overnight while drivers are parked up in lay-bys and service stations. Motorway police are to get the equipment to help cut through darkness as they search vehicles in truck stops and service stations for signs of crime.