:00:00. > :00:07.We're live and standing by for your calls.
:00:08. > :00:11.For the next two weeks we're out on the road with the police asking
:00:12. > :00:18.you to help them catch the criminals in your neighbourhood.
:00:19. > :00:24.Today, struggling to make a living from the land, the hard-working
:00:25. > :00:31.couple conned out of their life savings. You have good days and you
:00:32. > :00:38.have bad days. It is a life's work ruined in one night. We tell you how
:00:39. > :00:41.to avoid falling for the same scam. And the new way to tackle dangerous
:00:42. > :00:47.driving on the roads of the north-east.
:00:48. > :01:07.Hello and welcome to the show that takes
:01:08. > :01:10.to the streets of Britain to tackle the crime that affects us all.
:01:11. > :01:25.The thieves who made off with a workman's van and his best friend.
:01:26. > :01:30.All I could keep thinking was, they have got my dog. And we have got
:01:31. > :01:32.dogs fighting crime, too. This week our road team's out with
:01:33. > :01:36.police forces in the North East Today Sian is in Cleveland,
:01:37. > :01:40.and she's at a scrap yard. Today is all about dangerous cars,
:01:41. > :01:44.and how police are tackling bad We'll be finding out what can happen
:01:45. > :01:50.to cars that are seized by police, and where I'm standing might just
:01:51. > :01:55.be a clue. First, we head to North Yorkshire,
:01:56. > :02:00.where farmers have become the latest targets in a scam affecting rural
:02:01. > :02:16.communities right across the UK. For some farmers, life is not easy.
:02:17. > :02:21.The long hours and exhausting work mean it is a struggle to make a
:02:22. > :02:26.living. That is certainly the case for Denise and Derick Thomson from
:02:27. > :02:32.Selby. To make their small farm pay, they work at the local cattle
:02:33. > :02:46.market. On Wednesday, it is a very busy day. I am therefore a quarter
:02:47. > :02:51.to five in the morning. I love work. But at the beginning of May, the
:02:52. > :02:58.life of the couple loved was challenged by a very sophisticated
:02:59. > :03:04.scam. It began with a phone call. Must've been about 20 past nine in
:03:05. > :03:08.the evening. The phone went. They said it was somebody from Lloyds
:03:09. > :03:14.bank. A cheque had been issued. The signature did not look right. The
:03:15. > :03:20.call was from the fraud team querying a cheque for over ?11,000
:03:21. > :03:26.from Derek's business account. He knew he had written that cheque.
:03:27. > :03:32.Says to Denise, this does not seem right somehow. They were told to
:03:33. > :03:37.call their bank directly. They hung up the phone and went to look for
:03:38. > :03:42.the right telephone number. Derek came through, took a bank statement
:03:43. > :03:47.and rang Lloyds from the top of the bank statement. They heard a
:03:48. > :03:50.dialling tone and a different voice answered. The original caller had
:03:51. > :03:58.never hung up, keeping the line open. Derek and Denise were still
:03:59. > :04:02.talking to the fraudsters. He said that our bank account had been
:04:03. > :04:07.compromised. He said what it meant was that I needed to move the money
:04:08. > :04:14.from the account we had and put it into a safe and so the account. He
:04:15. > :04:18.told me you would talk me through it. Denise may not have been so
:04:19. > :04:22.reassured had she known that just minutes earlier the same con artists
:04:23. > :04:31.had been on the phone to other farmers in Selby. They said they
:04:32. > :04:39.were from the Visa card fraud squad and somebody was trying to take
:04:40. > :04:45.?12,000 out of our bank account. She eventually started using -- asking
:04:46. > :04:58.for usernames and passwords. She kept pressuring and pressuring. They
:04:59. > :05:07.advised us to move the money. She was getting quicker at asking. Both
:05:08. > :05:12.Jim and Sue were suspicious and each ended the calls. I didn't believe it
:05:13. > :05:17.was a scam until my daughter told me to put the phone down. Then I
:05:18. > :05:22.realised, hang on a minute, it could be. However, after three hours on
:05:23. > :05:25.the phone, Derek and the were finally persuaded to transfer all
:05:26. > :05:34.the money from their business accounts. That was not enough for
:05:35. > :05:39.these tricksters. He suggested we transfer our personal monies into
:05:40. > :05:46.this new account to be kept for 24 hours. He talked me through our
:05:47. > :05:53.current account, our savings, my son's holiday money, everything. In
:05:54. > :05:56.the end, Denise and Derek transfer defence of thousands of pounds, all
:05:57. > :06:02.they had come into the con artist's account. Then he said to me, it
:06:03. > :06:08.might have been about ten past 12 by now, I think we have got it sorted,
:06:09. > :06:15.everything has settled. Now, I have missed my last bus. So I'll have to
:06:16. > :06:28.walk home. But don't worry, he said, we've got you sorted. There you go.
:06:29. > :06:36.We have not got long to recuperate our money. To be able to retire,
:06:37. > :06:43.Derek can retire now, he has got to work. I'm nearly 66. We had some
:06:44. > :06:50.money behind us. I could go to work because I love it. But if I didn't
:06:51. > :06:55.want to do, I didn't have to do. But now I have to do. So you have to get
:06:56. > :07:03.in your mind that you have to work now. You have good days and you have
:07:04. > :07:13.bad days. It is a life's work ruined in one night. It is what it has done
:07:14. > :07:21.to him as a person. It has broken him. Emotionally.
:07:22. > :07:29.With me now is Richard Pearson, from the National Farmers Union.
:07:30. > :07:39.It is not the first time you have come across farmers being targeted
:07:40. > :07:44.like this? It is not. We have had ?63,000 conned out of farmers in
:07:45. > :07:47.North Yorkshire. Last week members in Northumberland had been
:07:48. > :07:53.approached. Why do you think farmers are being targeted? If you ring a
:07:54. > :07:58.farmer, you ring a farmer, through to the person dealing with
:07:59. > :08:01.finances. Like Derek and Denise, the average age of a farmer in the UK
:08:02. > :08:08.over 50. Quite often these people have been -- belong to respectable
:08:09. > :08:13.banks and listen to what they are told. They genuinely believe they
:08:14. > :08:19.are talking to a bank? Yes, it is a very sophisticated scam. You are put
:08:20. > :08:25.through to a person who asks you authentic security questions. You
:08:26. > :08:31.have given members some advice but really this is in con that could
:08:32. > :08:37.trick anybody? Absolutely. When you phone the number back, make sure the
:08:38. > :08:43.line is free. Either use another phone or ring somebody else. Make
:08:44. > :08:47.sure that you're not going back to the con artists. Some good advice.
:08:48. > :09:01.Never give your password or to anyone. Now this week's wanted
:09:02. > :09:07.faces. John Keady uses a different -- number of different identities.
:09:08. > :09:11.He was jailed for five years for a number of fraud offences and
:09:12. > :09:15.released early on licence. He failed to stick to his conditions and is
:09:16. > :09:22.now wanted back in prison. He has links to Cornwall, Hampshire and
:09:23. > :09:26.Sussex. Police have been hunting this man since 2008. He was charged
:09:27. > :09:30.with robbery and possession of an offensive weapon but failed to
:09:31. > :09:40.appear at Birmingham Crown Court. He is originally from the Gambia. He is
:09:41. > :09:44.slim and has a big Afro hair cut. This is Ross Nathan David Atkins. He
:09:45. > :09:50.was convicted of possessing class a drugs with intent to supply, and
:09:51. > :09:56.money-laundering, at Hull Crown Court but did not turn up for his
:09:57. > :09:59.trial. He has an inch long scar in the centre of his forehead and the
:10:00. > :10:03.centre of his forehead and another on his left cheek knew his nose. And
:10:04. > :10:08.finally, Nathan Paul George Jackson. He also uses the name is
:10:09. > :10:12.James Jones, Christopher Jason Roberts and Jay Roberts. He was
:10:13. > :10:17.jailed for two years and five months for burglary in June 2012 and
:10:18. > :10:20.released early on licence, but he has failed to stick to his
:10:21. > :10:25.conditions. He has links to Eastbourne and Hastings in Sussex,
:10:26. > :10:32.and Manchester. He has a tad too other words Dean and RIP Nicky on
:10:33. > :10:34.his left arm, and a cannabis leaf on his left arm. If you know any of
:10:35. > :10:47.these faces, get in touch. Now, car enthusiasts will spend
:10:48. > :10:49.hundreds, sometimes thousands But adding spoilers, flashy lighting
:10:50. > :10:56.and enhancing the engine's Up the road in Northumbria,
:10:57. > :11:01.officers have been using this car to demonstrate the dangers
:11:02. > :11:05.of souping up your motor, and to highlight the terrible
:11:06. > :11:23.consequences of dangerous driving. Dorothy Toogood knows the cost of
:11:24. > :11:30.speeding all too well. In February 2013, her husband, Roy, was killed
:11:31. > :11:32.as he walked home from their daughter's house. The 19-year-old
:11:33. > :11:41.driver had been trying to overtake another vehicle. Roy saw a car
:11:42. > :11:47.coming towards him at a ridiculous speed. That was it. Roy was killed
:11:48. > :11:52.instantly. The couple had been married for 40 years. It is the
:11:53. > :11:57.little things you miss. Every morning I would get a cup of tea.
:11:58. > :12:05.Every morning. It is that emptiness in the house as well as inside. We
:12:06. > :12:12.have been robbed by somebody's stupidity. It could have easily been
:12:13. > :12:17.avoided. In Northumbria, there were 28 deaths on the roads last year,
:12:18. > :12:21.four because of dangerous driving. Now a new operation is trying to
:12:22. > :12:28.tackle the problem of boy racers. Today, officers are at a rally.
:12:29. > :12:32.Today we were in Northumberland and we are at a car rally. We have never
:12:33. > :12:38.been invited to anything like this before. It is a big day for us and
:12:39. > :12:42.for them. Police are trying to nip the problem is caused by boy racers
:12:43. > :12:48.in the bud by educating them about the dangers of souping up their
:12:49. > :12:52.motors. These are car enthusiasts who have spent a lot of money on
:12:53. > :12:57.their cars. We want to put across, please, if you're going to have a
:12:58. > :13:01.modification on your car, tell your insurance company what you're doing
:13:02. > :13:14.and that by doing so you are legally OK on the roads.
:13:15. > :13:20.What they have done is show us around and tell us this is what we
:13:21. > :13:26.can do and can't do, try to keep us out of trouble. The force's
:13:27. > :13:29.investigation unit have brought along a car it seized recently, a
:13:30. > :13:38.good example of how not to modify your motor. One of the first things
:13:39. > :13:47.we stand in the vehicle was two strobe lights. They are totally
:13:48. > :13:51.illegal. That might not be life-threatening but the honour of
:13:52. > :13:56.this car also changed the tyres and the replacements are dangerous. The
:13:57. > :14:01.main body of the tyre was separated from the tyre wall on the inside. At
:14:02. > :14:05.that have been driven at any time, the tyre wall could have failed and
:14:06. > :14:14.both front tyres could have shredded and exploded. The owner has also
:14:15. > :14:18.altered the engine and suspension. Because the modifications enhanced
:14:19. > :14:21.the performance of the vehicle, the insurance company worth ensuring
:14:22. > :14:29.this vehicle as a normal standard Ford focus. In fact, it wasn't.
:14:30. > :14:36.Centre husband's death, Dorothy has dedicated her time to raising
:14:37. > :14:41.awareness of dangerous driving. The operation is amazing. My family are
:14:42. > :14:45.all behind it. Sometimes it is the innocent ones that really don't have
:14:46. > :14:49.a clue what damage they can do when they just pass the test. There is
:14:50. > :14:58.nothing to stop them getting into a huge powerful car and driving, and
:14:59. > :15:01.it can have devastating results. I think they need to take a long hard
:15:02. > :15:10.look at the damage it does to families. It just ruins lives. It
:15:11. > :15:15.ruins their own life. The person who killed Roy is in prison. And his
:15:16. > :15:19.family would be devastated. So it is not just my family that is
:15:20. > :15:29.devastated. His immediate family will be, too.
:15:30. > :15:32.The very serious consequences of dangerous driving. Inspector John
:15:33. > :15:38.Heckels joins me now. As we heard, it ruins lives. It certainly does.
:15:39. > :15:43.That was a devastating case. The driver was very young and he has now
:15:44. > :15:48.impacted on his own life and he was recorded at 100 mph. The car itself
:15:49. > :15:53.was modified. That wasn't declared to the insurance company and the
:15:54. > :15:59.actual named driver shouldn't have been on the policy. So many lives
:16:00. > :16:03.affected in that case. Tell us about this particular car and how you came
:16:04. > :16:09.to get this. This particular car, again, it's a young driver who has
:16:10. > :16:14.modified the vehicle that also it has very dangerous defects. One of
:16:15. > :16:19.the defects is so serious that the tyre could be flaked at any time.
:16:20. > :16:27.The core is exposed to so that is really a safety critical defect. The
:16:28. > :16:35.engine itself purports to be a family car, 1.2 litre vehicle. It is
:16:36. > :16:41.actually souped up to almost two litres, which is not the purpose it
:16:42. > :16:44.is built for. It's dangerous. There are some flashing blue lights in the
:16:45. > :16:49.grill. Police vehicles are the only ones that can have that. You've
:16:50. > :16:54.taken it off the road. We can close this bonnet because what are you
:16:55. > :16:56.going to do with it next? We would like to crush this particular
:16:57. > :17:01.vehicle and it is a clear message about dangerous driving. Let's get
:17:02. > :17:06.the bonnet down so that they can start the crushing process. We have
:17:07. > :17:10.to move back now for safety concerns because they are going to be putting
:17:11. > :17:16.this car through the crusher. While they do that, tell me, why are you
:17:17. > :17:24.targeting the drivers of modified cars particularly? We tend to find
:17:25. > :17:28.that dangerous drivers modify their cars, don't tell the insurance
:17:29. > :17:32.company and then they can void is the policy from inception by not
:17:33. > :17:37.disclosing those defects and modifications to their insurance
:17:38. > :17:41.companies. We will just stand back and see the crushing in the process.
:17:42. > :17:50.This can cost a lot for police forces. Yes, around about 150 to
:17:51. > :17:56.?200 per vehicle. We can crush up to 1000 vehicles per year. 47 already
:17:57. > :18:00.this year. Thank you. Come back to us later when this car will be
:18:01. > :18:07.absolutely crushed. Blimey! Coming up later: A family
:18:08. > :18:14.owned business hitting hard times after a break-in. It was a case of,
:18:15. > :18:17.are we able to keep functioning as a business or will we have to shut
:18:18. > :18:22.down? And I'll be finding out how thieves
:18:23. > :18:28.stole equipment out of an ambulance, putting it out of action for weeks.
:18:29. > :18:32.But first, we're off to the quiet village of scorned and in North
:18:33. > :18:37.Yorkshire, where thieves drove off with more than they bargained for.
:18:38. > :18:45.-- Scorton. I just couldn't believe it. I thought, how does somebody do
:18:46. > :18:55.that? ! Everything I owned went in that minute. The last few years that
:18:56. > :19:00.join Bob Dixon have been hard once. He suffered a heart attack and major
:19:01. > :19:06.knee surgery but at last, he was on the mend and pleased to be back at
:19:07. > :19:13.work. I went to work as normal at about 8:15am. I got to the site as
:19:14. > :19:18.normal, opened the van up, got some tools out. I was working on the
:19:19. > :19:23.bungalow roof. As always, Buster the family dog was with him. He likes
:19:24. > :19:27.it. He goes everywhere with me. He sits inside the van, I leave the
:19:28. > :19:32.door open for him, he hops in and out and is quite happy. That day,
:19:33. > :19:39.Bob spent the morning working on the roof whilst Tyler worked in the
:19:40. > :19:43.kitchen. He had actually gone to the shop at 11:15am. The shop at Scorton
:19:44. > :19:47.is about a three-minute walk. Bob always made sure that the gate to
:19:48. > :19:52.the drive was closed so Buster couldn't get out. But when the Tyler
:19:53. > :19:57.returned from the shop, he noticed that the gates were open. He thought
:19:58. > :20:01.I had gone off somewhere because the van had gone and he went round the
:20:02. > :20:13.side of the house and he said, "oh, I thought you'd gone". That's when I
:20:14. > :20:20.ran round the front and he was like, "it was there when I left". Three
:20:21. > :20:24.minutes ago it was there. At first I thought it was somebody having a
:20:25. > :20:31.joke. And then I realised it was no joke, it was actually happening. Bob
:20:32. > :20:36.hadn't just left his van unlocked. He'd also left his keys inside. The
:20:37. > :20:43.van was an easy target and there for the taking. It was just a shock. I
:20:44. > :20:49.didn't know what to do. CCTV footage from a neighbour's house shows the
:20:50. > :20:54.road just outside the bungalow. You can see a black Mitsubishi Shogun
:20:55. > :20:58.driving slowly past the property, going in the direction of
:20:59. > :21:04.Northallerton. A few minutes later, you see the same vehicle come back a
:21:05. > :21:10.bit slower. And then a short time after that, a male walks across the
:21:11. > :21:18.road, shielding his face, and goes to the Gateway of the property. He
:21:19. > :21:24.enters the Gateway and then the van is driven out of that location with
:21:25. > :21:28.the side door still open. But it wasn't just Bob's van that had been
:21:29. > :21:32.stolen. I'd got my phone, which was in my pouch, and I phoned the
:21:33. > :21:36.police. She was asking me questions and all I could keep saying was,
:21:37. > :21:42."they've got my dog. If they kick him out on the roadside, he'll be
:21:43. > :21:48.won over". Worried sick about Buster, Bob and his wife took to the
:21:49. > :21:51.road. The thought of him being in that van and not knowing where he
:21:52. > :21:56.was going or what they were going to do to him... I would have looked for
:21:57. > :22:00.him for ever. Believe me, I would have gone round and round and round
:22:01. > :22:05.until I found him. There was no sign of him. The police said, put it on
:22:06. > :22:13.Facebook and you might get some response. The reaction from people
:22:14. > :22:16.was unbelievable. Then, after hours of worrying and searching, Bob got a
:22:17. > :22:20.phone call to say that Buster had been found on the side of a road
:22:21. > :22:28.near Hartlepool. He had been taken to a rescue centre. It was a big
:22:29. > :22:33.relief, it really was. It was heartbreaking to see my dog. It
:22:34. > :22:37.really was. I ran up and got and I'd never seen a dog so relieved to see
:22:38. > :22:41.in the body. He was absolutely going nuts when we got there. The girls
:22:42. > :22:49.behind the counter said, "we didn't put him in the kettles because he
:22:50. > :22:55.was so shaken up -- kennels. " Bob had lost his livelihood. Everything
:22:56. > :23:00.I owned was in that van. Everything. I have about ?3500 worth of tools in
:23:01. > :23:07.the van at any time. They had all just gone. I've worked out it is
:23:08. > :23:11.going to cost me at least ?12,000 to try and get back on the road again,
:23:12. > :23:17.by the time I got another van, got my tools built up again. And because
:23:18. > :23:21.the keys were left in the van, Bob doesn't think he will get a penny
:23:22. > :23:26.back from his insurance company. Everything I owned just went in that
:23:27. > :23:33.minute. And now I'm very angry. Very, very angry. Pisi Kalinka Smith
:23:34. > :23:42.Owen is with me now. A callous theft of the van but of Buster, too. Yes,
:23:43. > :23:47.a lovely dog. Tell us about this man and also the black car because there
:23:48. > :23:55.is a CCTV. The CCTV basically shows a black Izuzu Trooper or Mitsubishi
:23:56. > :24:04.Shogun sing a location in suspicious circumstances. A male wearing a
:24:05. > :24:08.white T-shirt takes the van off the drive and drives off with the side
:24:09. > :24:13.door open. Buster was dumped by the side of the road. Where was he found
:24:14. > :24:20.and can Matt help you in your investigation? It can. We believe he
:24:21. > :24:30.was dumped in the County Durham area and the van registration for Bob's
:24:31. > :24:36.van, a white Vauxhall, and this is the registration plate. Bob's
:24:37. > :24:40.livelihood was stolen. A lot of the tools were high-quality tools,
:24:41. > :24:45.Makita and De Walt drills and grinders. Most of them have, either
:24:46. > :24:51.on the tools themselves, or on the boxes, company-macro on them in
:24:52. > :24:58.black writing. And if you can help us find out who stole the van and
:24:59. > :25:03.who are Buster, get in touch. -- they have A B Joiners written on
:25:04. > :25:06.them. If you are a smoker, you might be tempted to buy cheap cigarettes
:25:07. > :25:10.but when it comes to illegal tobacco, saving a few quid can have
:25:11. > :25:14.some pretty nasty side-effects. Authorities across the UK are
:25:15. > :25:21.clamping down on their sale. Sarah Smith from Trading Standards
:25:22. > :25:25.is with me and also Collin Singer from Wattel UK. What is illegal
:25:26. > :25:36.tobacco? There is a variety of types. -- wagtail UK. These are
:25:37. > :25:39.cheap white or illicit whites. There is no legitimate market for these
:25:40. > :25:44.products. They are made solely for the illegal tobacco market. They are
:25:45. > :25:48.not regulated. Quite often, they come out of China or Russia. You
:25:49. > :25:58.find them in their areas and sizes. Some will have warnings on, someone
:25:59. > :26:02.at. So they're quite unusual. These will only be illegal if you see
:26:03. > :26:10.these. They're often sold in various shops. And we can see some footage
:26:11. > :26:15.of one of your teams, Collin, now. This is a normal looking shop but
:26:16. > :26:20.tell me what's going on. This dog is indicating on a shelf there in a
:26:21. > :26:25.shop and underneath the shelf there is a concealment of quite a lot of
:26:26. > :26:28.illegal tobacco. We can see some false shelving there that they've
:26:29. > :26:33.put into hide these things. It's really coming. But the dogs can
:26:34. > :26:39.sniff out where we can't. This is the advantage of a dog. We can such
:26:40. > :26:42.promises a lot more quickly and accurately than human search teams
:26:43. > :26:47.and they're very effective. We've just seen how effective they were
:26:48. > :26:52.there. We're going to put my low to the test. Somewhere in the studio,
:26:53. > :27:01.our crew has hidden some illegal tobacco. I'm going to let you and
:27:02. > :27:05.Milo go off and find it. Sarah, while Milo goes off to find that,
:27:06. > :27:09.it's worth noting that is because these may cost a bit less than
:27:10. > :27:15.normal cigarettes, they can be even more dangerous than the normal ones.
:27:16. > :27:19.That's right. They're not regulated like legitimate tobacco and quite
:27:20. > :27:23.often, they contain a lot more nicotine, more carbon monoxide and,
:27:24. > :27:31.certainly, in some cases they've been found to contain 1.5 times more
:27:32. > :27:37.tar. So they don't care what's going into them. Milo is having a good
:27:38. > :27:43.look there. He's having a good look around, isn't he? But it is also
:27:44. > :27:47.worth saying that if somebody does get caught selling these, there are
:27:48. > :27:51.very stiff penalties. Will come to that in a minute because I can
:27:52. > :27:56.see... This looks like there is some kind of indication. Is this the
:27:57. > :28:00.right thing? As you can see, Milo has frozen on this bag, which means
:28:01. > :28:07.there is probably tobacco concealed. Let me have a look. I'll have a look
:28:08. > :28:11.inside. He's definitely pointing at something and he's found it. That is
:28:12. > :28:18.the illegal tobacco. What does he get now as a thank you? It is a
:28:19. > :28:22.reward -based system. Milo works for his tennis ball so I'll give him
:28:23. > :28:26.that now. Sarah, they get very serious penalties if they are caught
:28:27. > :28:32.selling this. Yes, the penalties for counterfeiting is imprisonment and
:28:33. > :28:37.an unlimited fine. Other tobacco sentences carry six months in prison
:28:38. > :28:45.and a ?5,000 fine. Very serious. Thank you all for joining me today.
:28:46. > :28:48.Let's go back to Shannon. -- Sian. We need your help to catch some
:28:49. > :28:52.shameless thieves who stole equipment from an ambulance. Dave
:28:53. > :28:58.Edwards is from the ambulance service. What happened? It was the
:28:59. > :29:02.12th of April and we had a double crew ambulance attendant a very
:29:03. > :29:06.poorly 90-year-old male patient with breathing difficulties. They took
:29:07. > :29:11.this mobile unit. Tell us about that. The incident was on St
:29:12. > :29:15.Andrew's Road in Bishop Auckland and as we attended to the patient, they
:29:16. > :29:21.broke into the vehicle and stole the mobile terminal. That provides
:29:22. > :29:26.essential information to our crews in terms of getting to jobs, in
:29:27. > :29:29.terms of satellite navigation as well as getting to the hospital and
:29:30. > :29:37.safety information. Absolutely critical. Would it be valuable to
:29:38. > :29:40.anybody else? I've been informed by our electronics department but it is
:29:41. > :29:48.of no use to anybody else. It isn't a computer. It is only part of one.
:29:49. > :29:52.It is a ?150 loss to us but what is even more an issue is the downtime
:29:53. > :29:58.of the vehicle. 18 days in total. Completely unacceptable. So you
:29:59. > :30:04.couldn't attend emergencies. Thanks very much. Back to you, Rav.
:30:05. > :30:09.Please get in touch if you can help with that. It's time to take a look
:30:10. > :30:13.at today's CCTV. Will you recognise anybody?
:30:14. > :30:17.A quiet picturesque village in North Norfolk is the unlikely setting of
:30:18. > :30:22.our next crime, where a dark coloured carpels up on the road
:30:23. > :30:28.opposite the village post office and get out. -- two men get out. The
:30:29. > :30:34.cart drives off in parts further up the road while the men point a gun
:30:35. > :30:38.at the counter screen in the post office. They make off with nearly
:30:39. > :30:41.?1600 and are picked up down the road by the same vehicle. Let's stop
:30:42. > :30:51.these muggers before they strike again. It is early morning in March
:30:52. > :30:57.at a sorry petrol station and somebody is about to make quite an
:30:58. > :31:01.entrance. -- Surrey. The robber brushes himself down and pushes past
:31:02. > :31:06.the member of staff to get to the till. Even with the help of a
:31:07. > :31:12.screwdriver, he is having difficulty prising open. When he finally goes
:31:13. > :31:16.commonly takes ?150 in cash and fills his pockets with as many
:31:17. > :31:21.packets of cigarettes possible. Detectives say the man has a
:31:22. > :31:29.noticeable limp. Call us if you recognise this limping loud. --
:31:30. > :31:34.lout. We are on board a Newcastle bound train last November. A man is
:31:35. > :31:40.helping people on and off with his bags. That is nice. But before the
:31:41. > :31:45.train pulls into Durham, he takes a passenger's brown suitcase, walks
:31:46. > :31:48.down the carriage and hands it to a female companion. The couple split
:31:49. > :31:53.up and meet again at the station barriers. Police say the victim
:31:54. > :31:57.realised her case was missing when the train got to Newcastle. Inside
:31:58. > :32:02.was her clothing for a family funeral she was attending that day.
:32:03. > :32:07.Can you name these light fingered luggage lifters? Call us now.
:32:08. > :32:10.Give us a call, or text us - you need to text CW,
:32:11. > :32:14.And that space is really important - if you don't put it in,your message
:32:15. > :32:17.And remember if you'd like to speak to someone anonymously
:32:18. > :32:29.We need your help to catch these selfish thieves who brought a small
:32:30. > :32:35.business to its knees. On the outskirts of Middlesbrough is a
:32:36. > :32:40.small family business run by Father and daughter are Bill and Michelle.
:32:41. > :32:46.I am a daddy's girl. My dad is everything to me. I always say that
:32:47. > :32:50.Michelle works for me because she is very good at her job, not because
:32:51. > :33:01.she is my daughter. And she is very good at her job. They specialise in
:33:02. > :33:05.restoring cars... Usually arrive between half past five and six and
:33:06. > :33:14.drivers comment. They are allocated to work. They go off for the day and
:33:15. > :33:21.we carry on with administration. On the 19th of February, the day began
:33:22. > :33:28.with bad news. Is one of two of the drivers had come in before me and
:33:29. > :33:34.rang me to say that a disaster had happened. They told me a break-in
:33:35. > :33:39.had happened. The night before, burglars had broken into the yard,
:33:40. > :33:47.targeting the 27 brand-new transit vans being stored there. In all, the
:33:48. > :33:53.thieves took one and 17 wheels and tyres -- 117. To remove the number
:33:54. > :33:59.they did in the time frame they did it, would require some equipment
:34:00. > :34:05.such as compressors and airguns. The cost of the theft for the business
:34:06. > :34:14.was huge. ?155 per tyre, a shocking total of ?18,000. It was a case of,
:34:15. > :34:20.how are we able to keep functioning as a business, or will be have two
:34:21. > :34:25.shutdown? Not only is it the cost of repairing all the vehicles now, it
:34:26. > :34:29.is the cost of security. We have made everything as secure as we can,
:34:30. > :34:34.but it is going home at night thinking, are you going to face more
:34:35. > :34:41.the next morning? For Bill, Michelle and family, the personal cost was
:34:42. > :34:46.even greater. My dad started getting very unwell. He started becoming
:34:47. > :34:53.very stressed, very agitated with everything. Every day I had
:34:54. > :34:58.something to deal with, with the insurance, with customers. I
:34:59. > :35:03.actually hadn't realised how much it had affected me until fairly
:35:04. > :35:09.recently. Bill suffered serious heart problems and has struggled to
:35:10. > :35:13.work ever since. I getting close to what could have been retiring age
:35:14. > :35:18.anyway, but I am now more certain that I'm going to back out of the
:35:19. > :35:22.business as much as possible. Sunday is my dad has not been here and I
:35:23. > :35:30.find myself looking at his desk thinking, that should meet by night.
:35:31. > :35:33.-- that should be my dad. He didn't want me to see him like this. He
:35:34. > :35:38.just wanted me to keep the office going. And we have got this tyre,
:35:39. > :35:40.which is similar to the ones stolen. DC Matthew Waterfield
:35:41. > :35:48.is with me now. These are big and bulky.
:35:49. > :35:54.Transporting them is not an easy task? No. This team was organised.
:35:55. > :36:00.They had equipment. They have advanced to remove the tyres. Why
:36:01. > :36:04.did they take the tyres and not the vans? These tyres cannot be bought
:36:05. > :36:10.in this country. They get imported. And also, the resale value. Where do
:36:11. > :36:14.you think they may have ended up? They could be anywhere. They could
:36:15. > :36:18.be sold to businesses, individuals are exported to Europe. We are
:36:19. > :36:21.appealing to anybody who witnessed anybody around at the time. Or
:36:22. > :36:27.anybody who has been sold these tyres. -- who has been sold these
:36:28. > :36:31.tyres. Good luck. Now, we've heard a lot
:36:32. > :36:33.about dangerous driving on this programme, but it's not
:36:34. > :36:36.always that easy to spot offenders. So, to get a better view,
:36:37. > :36:49.the Cleveland and Durham forces are There are about half a million heavy
:36:50. > :36:56.goods vehicles on the roads of the UK. In 2012, they were involved in
:36:57. > :37:02.271 fatal collisions. And the figures are on the rise. But
:37:03. > :37:04.spotting those who are not driving safely can be difficult.
:37:05. > :37:15.Particularly from the seat of a squad car. If we are in a traffic
:37:16. > :37:20.car, the drivers have to look up. Queue, operation riding high. Police
:37:21. > :37:27.hope this lorry will give them the edge. We are at the same height as a
:37:28. > :37:31.driver. We can look straight across, look at the drivers to see if they
:37:32. > :37:37.are committing offences, on their mobile phones, playing computer
:37:38. > :37:39.games etc. Being the same height is fantastic because we video the
:37:40. > :37:45.evidence and that evidence can be produced in court. Many of the
:37:46. > :37:48.day's lorries are as well-equipped as any family car. But if they are
:37:49. > :37:57.involved in an accident, they are far more lethal. The vehicles are
:37:58. > :38:05.comfortable to drive. Some drivers become complacent. Compared to a
:38:06. > :38:10.car, if they are unable with a car, they know who is going to win. Most
:38:11. > :38:14.of the drivers are concentrating on the road. But as the riding high
:38:15. > :38:19.lorry is overtaken by a white truck, PC Ian Turner sports that its
:38:20. > :38:31.driver is using the phone. In the patrol car behind the lorry is PC
:38:32. > :38:38.Bruce Thorpe. We turn up at the scene once the offences have been
:38:39. > :38:41.identified. Afternoon, sir. How are you? The reason I need to speak to
:38:42. > :38:46.you is weirdest investigating an allegation that you are using your
:38:47. > :38:53.mobile phone. The driver is booked for not being in proper control of a
:38:54. > :39:03.vehicle and find on the spot. For the sake of ?10, he is going to walk
:39:04. > :39:08.away with a ?1 fine and a minimum of three points. Some people think
:39:09. > :39:12.crimes like this are minor but PC Ian Turner and the team often deal
:39:13. > :39:18.with the accidents that can follow. I don't think people realise there
:39:19. > :39:26.are actions. A simple mistake can have fatal consequences. Soon the
:39:27. > :39:35.team spot another driver who appears to be flouting the law by not
:39:36. > :39:42.wearing his seat belt. The unmarked car driven by PC Thorpe is tasked
:39:43. > :39:50.with pulling the lorry over. Afternoon, sir. Do you have any
:39:51. > :39:54.documentation? I have got IDE. While the driver is taken back to the
:39:55. > :39:59.police car to be booked, a vehicle inspector gives the lorry a once
:40:00. > :40:08.over. The unsecured chocks at the back are a cause for real concern.
:40:09. > :40:14.They can simply slide straight off. There is nothing keeping them there.
:40:15. > :40:20.If these are not strapped down, they could cause somebody severe injury
:40:21. > :40:24.or possibly a fatality. Until the chocks are secured, the lorry is not
:40:25. > :40:27.going anywhere. Back in the police car, background checks are carried
:40:28. > :40:39.out on the driver and it is not looking good. He has expired
:40:40. > :40:43.licence. He is driving a vehicle with no licence, which means he has
:40:44. > :40:49.no insurance. It could -- it gets worse. The driver left high and dry.
:40:50. > :40:53.It is time to tell his boss he has been issued with a fine and will not
:40:54. > :40:59.be back at work any time soon. Another good result for the team.
:41:00. > :41:08.Let's find out how we're getting on with that illegally modified car.
:41:09. > :41:16.It is not getting onto well! Not at all. But this is a clear message we
:41:17. > :41:20.want to send out about dangerous driving. We're not going to allow
:41:21. > :41:28.these cars on the road. This is the ultimate end of this particular car.
:41:29. > :41:34.Let's get a closer look. It has just been turned into scrap metal? It
:41:35. > :41:43.has. You would look to crush a a thousand cars a year. Already we
:41:44. > :41:47.have seized 47 of these cars. 37 people have been arrested with a
:41:48. > :41:59.combined disqualification in years of 26. That is the important message
:42:00. > :42:03.you want to get out there? Absolutely right. It is education as
:42:04. > :42:07.well as enforcement. This will be the ultimate end of your car if you
:42:08. > :42:17.are driving it dangerously and have it in dangerous condition. That is
:42:18. > :42:20.the car and it is in a cube. There have been some problems with the
:42:21. > :42:25.phone lines this morning. They are up and running now. If you have any
:42:26. > :42:27.information, call now. Locations have been given first several wanted
:42:28. > :42:31.faces we showed you last week. Now Sian,
:42:32. > :42:32.where will you be tomorrow? Rav,
:42:33. > :42:35.I'm really excited about tomorrow. We're at the
:42:36. > :42:38.National Police College's Forensic Centre near Durham, where they've
:42:39. > :42:43.recreated an entire street. Different crime scenes are staged
:42:44. > :42:46.here - and it's used to teach I went back to school for the day to
:42:47. > :42:52.learn all about fingerprints, footprints and photographs, and
:42:53. > :42:54.tomorrow the officers at the centre Now,
:42:55. > :43:01.if you'd like to watch any of the CCTV featured in today's programme
:43:02. > :43:03.again, just head to our website. And stay with BBC One -
:43:04. > :43:06.in an hour we're catching insurance But
:43:07. > :43:11.for now I'll leave you with another Somebody out there knows
:43:12. > :43:15.where these people are.