0:00:01 > 0:00:06Welcome to the fight to clean up our streets and put the "great" back into Britain.
0:00:06 > 0:00:10There's absolutely no excuse for this behaviour.
0:00:10 > 0:00:14Every 30 seconds, rubbish is illegally dumped across the UK.
0:00:14 > 0:00:18It's filthy, it's hazardous and it's wrecking our cities and countryside.
0:00:20 > 0:00:22Coming up on today's programme...
0:00:24 > 0:00:29In Liverpool, locals are up in arms about an enormous illegal fly tip in the middle of their neighbourhood.
0:00:29 > 0:00:31I'd just like to get my hands on them.
0:00:31 > 0:00:35And would they do it on their own doorstep? No.
0:00:35 > 0:00:40But will CCTV catch the criminals red-handed?
0:00:40 > 0:00:43This one is so blatantly ridiculous.
0:00:43 > 0:00:47He's either very, very daft or he's got absolutely no care in the world.
0:00:47 > 0:00:54An ex copper's gone really, really bad in one of the largest ever cases of its kind in the UK.
0:00:54 > 0:00:58It's the worst case of illegal tyre disposal that I've ever come across.
0:00:58 > 0:01:03In Middlesbrough, a sting operation is underway to stop thieves stealing metal from people's homes.
0:01:05 > 0:01:08Anything you do say may be used in evidence.
0:01:08 > 0:01:11- Do you understand the caution?- Yes.
0:01:11 > 0:01:14This is the fight against Britain's filthy, rotten, scoundrels.
0:01:33 > 0:01:37Early morning in Middlesbrough, and enforcement officers Lee and Phil
0:01:37 > 0:01:41have teamed up with police on a stop-and-search operation.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44I'm only interested in the person driving the vehicle.
0:01:44 > 0:01:47You don't actually need to be here if you don't want.
0:01:47 > 0:01:50If you can't produce that licence, you will receive a fixed penalty.
0:01:50 > 0:01:55They're on a mission to nail scoundrels who are illegally making money out of rubbish,
0:01:55 > 0:01:59especially stolen scrap metal.
0:01:59 > 0:02:05If you're transporting waste and making money out of it, you must be registered to show you're legit.
0:02:05 > 0:02:07A three-year licence will only cost you £154
0:02:07 > 0:02:09but if you're caught without one,
0:02:09 > 0:02:15you could land yourself a £300 fine, which can go up to a maximum of £5,000.
0:02:17 > 0:02:22The fines, though, just don't deter some people and Phil's job is to enforce the law.
0:02:22 > 0:02:29He's just pulled this van in and these guys seem cagey about what they've got in the back.
0:02:29 > 0:02:32Have you got any waste in the back of here? Waste.
0:02:32 > 0:02:34Can you open the back up?
0:02:35 > 0:02:37Can you open the back up, mate?
0:02:38 > 0:02:40- Can- I- have a look? I haven't had a look.
0:02:40 > 0:02:42I'm from Middlesbrough Council.
0:02:53 > 0:02:55Bingo. Could this be the first haul of the day?
0:02:55 > 0:02:58I thought you said you'd no waste.
0:02:58 > 0:03:03We've got a joint operation with the VOSA who are the vehicle inspectorate, Cleveland Police,
0:03:03 > 0:03:08Middlesbrough Council and Her Majesty's Customs and Excise.
0:03:08 > 0:03:13The police bring the vehicles in, VOSA checks the vehicles - make sure they're roadworthy -
0:03:13 > 0:03:18and we're doing licensing checks to make sure the people who are transporting waste have got licences.
0:03:18 > 0:03:21Those that haven't get due processed.
0:03:21 > 0:03:25It's a big issue that needs tough measures. These officers mean business.
0:03:25 > 0:03:30They do these sting operations nearly every week and there's a special theme for today.
0:03:30 > 0:03:37The purpose of today's exercise is to try and reduce thefts from
0:03:37 > 0:03:41buildings and dwellings of coppers and expensive scrap metals.
0:03:41 > 0:03:44The police are going out finding the vehicles
0:03:44 > 0:03:47who are trying to weigh it in just down the road at a scrap yard.
0:03:47 > 0:03:53Back to the van that Phil's just pulled over and he's getting down to business.
0:03:53 > 0:03:55It's scrap-metal then, isn't it?
0:04:03 > 0:04:05Well, it looks like metal.
0:04:05 > 0:04:09- DRIVER:- It is metal. So what's to say it's scrap metal?
0:04:09 > 0:04:10Because you say so?
0:04:10 > 0:04:14Well, in my opinion, I'd say it's scrap metal.
0:04:14 > 0:04:16What's it getting used for?
0:04:16 > 0:04:19I don't know. I'm not interested in what it's getting used for.
0:04:19 > 0:04:22Are you in charge of this vehicle?
0:04:22 > 0:04:25- Yes. - It's the driver I need to speak to.
0:04:29 > 0:04:31Tell you what. I'll come round here.
0:04:31 > 0:04:35Something tells me these guys aren't going to roll over easily and guess what -
0:04:35 > 0:04:38he recognises one of them.
0:04:38 > 0:04:44The gentleman we've pulled in is known to ourselves for fly-tipping. He's been prosecuted once before.
0:04:44 > 0:04:48We had another case against him but not enough evidence to prosecute,
0:04:48 > 0:04:53so today, if he's got any waste on him,
0:04:53 > 0:04:56we can reopen an investigation and prosecute him
0:04:56 > 0:05:01if he hasn't got a licence to carry that waste.
0:05:01 > 0:05:06Phil's not messing around but these guys aren't making it easy for him.
0:05:06 > 0:05:09I'm only interested in the person who's driving the vehicle.
0:05:09 > 0:05:11You don't actually need to be here if you don't want.
0:05:11 > 0:05:14Before I speak to you, mate, I want to verify your identity.
0:05:14 > 0:05:19I'm allowed to do that. Before I speak to you, is that the telephone number?
0:05:19 > 0:05:23- No, but I'll give you a phone number. - Before I say anything to you, I want to verify your identity.
0:05:23 > 0:05:26This could get even messier.
0:05:26 > 0:05:30As the tension mounts, Phil decides to take charge of the situation.
0:05:30 > 0:05:32Find out later what happens
0:05:32 > 0:05:35when they get the man into the back of a police van.
0:05:35 > 0:05:39You don't have to say anything but it may harm your defence
0:05:39 > 0:05:41if you do not mention when questioned
0:05:41 > 0:05:43something which you later rely on in court.
0:05:47 > 0:05:49Liverpool - famous for its docks,
0:05:49 > 0:05:52the Mersey and, of course, the Beatles.
0:05:52 > 0:05:56But there's something this city isn't so proud of.
0:05:57 > 0:05:59Fly-tipping.
0:06:01 > 0:06:05Parts of the city are drowning in piles of dumped rubbish.
0:06:07 > 0:06:11Mattresses, bedroom furniture - anything at all.
0:06:11 > 0:06:14They come down and dump it there.
0:06:14 > 0:06:18It's costing money to sort it out. It's just a waste of money.
0:06:18 > 0:06:21People can go to the dump and dump it for basically nothing.
0:06:21 > 0:06:24All they've got to do is go and get it there.
0:06:24 > 0:06:27But the council has teams of enforcement officers
0:06:27 > 0:06:30hell bent on nailing the criminals ruining their city.
0:06:30 > 0:06:34On duty today is former dustman Bill Burke.
0:06:34 > 0:06:38It's an illegal dumping of waste and it's not nice at all.
0:06:38 > 0:06:42It's an environmental crime that needs dealing with severely.
0:06:42 > 0:06:46Bills partner in grime is Gary Southern.
0:06:46 > 0:06:50They think they've got away with it but this time, they've not.
0:06:50 > 0:06:53The days of the city's prolific fly tippers are numbered.
0:06:53 > 0:06:58Bill, Gary and their fellow officers have a secret weapon up their sleeves to catch the culprits.
0:06:58 > 0:07:02Live 24-hour closed-circuit television.
0:07:05 > 0:07:09Cameras are being put up in hot spots across the city and an enforcement team
0:07:09 > 0:07:15has just been informed about another one that's in desperate need of the CCTV treatment.
0:07:15 > 0:07:17And it's a shocker.
0:07:17 > 0:07:21People have been illegally dumping at this derelict social club.
0:07:21 > 0:07:26Residents have had enough and there's no question how one of them feels about what's going on.
0:07:29 > 0:07:31It's a lovely neighbourhood - really is nice.
0:07:31 > 0:07:33Nice, friendly folk and people.
0:07:33 > 0:07:36Unfortunately, this is letting it all down.
0:07:36 > 0:07:41The club's been closed six years
0:07:41 > 0:07:44but the fire happened last March, 12 months ago,
0:07:44 > 0:07:49and no barricade up so, of course, they just start dumping.
0:07:49 > 0:07:54Infuriating, absolutely. And then, of course, we've seen the rats around so that's another thing.
0:07:54 > 0:07:56I'd just like to get my hands on them.
0:07:56 > 0:07:59Would they do it on their own doorstep? No.
0:07:59 > 0:08:04The wife has seen it - that's why... That started the complaints.
0:08:04 > 0:08:06It was upsetting her.
0:08:06 > 0:08:08They used to come in vans
0:08:08 > 0:08:14and, of course, she wanted to go and do this, do that. I had to calm her down.
0:08:14 > 0:08:16We finished up having a row.
0:08:16 > 0:08:19Now, we don't talk about it...
0:08:19 > 0:08:20as much.
0:08:20 > 0:08:25All round, the houses... The people themselves keep the property nice.
0:08:25 > 0:08:30You've got shops and pubs in Penny Lane and it's all nice.
0:08:30 > 0:08:34We've done our bit and there's nothing more we can do.
0:08:34 > 0:08:38We just hope that it's going to get sorted.
0:08:39 > 0:08:45Bill and Gary are on their way to the derelict social club to crack the case of who's been dumping here.
0:08:45 > 0:08:47It's their top priority.
0:08:47 > 0:08:51It's a nice quiet area, actually.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54Very few problems with fly-tipping or littering in this area.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57Apart from this, which has come to light now which, er,
0:08:57 > 0:09:02is an area that used to be a Conservative Club and then the Conservative was closed down
0:09:02 > 0:09:05and it was taken over as a snooker hall, which has now closed down.
0:09:05 > 0:09:09And due to the fact that it's an enclosed area
0:09:09 > 0:09:12and it's one of the few empty areas around this area,
0:09:12 > 0:09:16people have decided to start fly-tipping in there.
0:09:16 > 0:09:20But Bill and Gary have got a secret weapon up their sleeves.
0:09:20 > 0:09:23This is the main road. There's a little cut-off here,
0:09:23 > 0:09:26so we've fitted a camera on the lamp standard outside
0:09:26 > 0:09:29and Gary's now monitored the area through the camera.
0:09:29 > 0:09:33The camera has been covering their new hot spot for two weeks
0:09:33 > 0:09:38and now they're hoping to nail the criminals who have been dumping here.
0:09:38 > 0:09:44The CCTV cameras are proving to be very successful in Liverpool's fight against fly-tipping.
0:09:44 > 0:09:47Enforcement officer Steve is in charge of the cameras
0:09:47 > 0:09:50and has caught countless people dumping on his patch.
0:09:50 > 0:09:57Across the city, one secluded back road was a nasty hot spot and a nightmare for local businesses.
0:09:57 > 0:10:02We were continually plagued by people just dumping their rubbish outside in the yard,
0:10:02 > 0:10:03particularly of a weekend.
0:10:03 > 0:10:08There was everything - builders' skips, household things, rubbish,
0:10:08 > 0:10:11asbestos, everything. Bin bags all over the road and everything.
0:10:11 > 0:10:15What can you say about them? They don't give a monkey, do they? They don't care at all.
0:10:15 > 0:10:20They're only interested in trying to save a few bob dumping the stuff as cheaply as possible.
0:10:21 > 0:10:24It's the last resort, the camera.
0:10:24 > 0:10:28It's only for areas that are really getting hammered for fly-tipping,
0:10:28 > 0:10:31and this area we're going to now has been one of them.
0:10:31 > 0:10:35It's a regular two to three times a week that rubbish is being put there.
0:10:35 > 0:10:41This is an isolated back street, but Steve and his kit have got the area covered.
0:10:41 > 0:10:45And there are countless numbers of rogues that have been caught in the act.
0:10:45 > 0:10:49Steve installed the camera 12 months ago and it's doing him proud.
0:10:49 > 0:10:53Mainly what it is is just people just coming down here and they're
0:10:53 > 0:10:56just throwing their rubbish out - building material.
0:10:56 > 0:11:00One in particular was literally just here in front of us.
0:11:00 > 0:11:06A guy pulls up in a little van, passenger gets out
0:11:06 > 0:11:09and just throws a load of toys and clothing
0:11:09 > 0:11:12in the middle of the road, and then they just drove off.
0:11:14 > 0:11:16Obviously, we went in to investigate that
0:11:16 > 0:11:20and we found the guy. He was interviewed,
0:11:20 > 0:11:24fully admitted it and he went to court and he was found guilty.
0:11:26 > 0:11:29This evidence meant the man got stung
0:11:29 > 0:11:33with a £50 fine and £250 in court costs.
0:11:36 > 0:11:40Another guy, again, he drove up here, parked where the blue gate is
0:11:40 > 0:11:46and just unloaded a load of builder's rubble - wood, from what looked like a kitchen, I think it was.
0:11:49 > 0:11:52Again, we investigated that. We found out who he was,
0:11:52 > 0:11:55interviewed him, admitted the offence and, again, found guilty at court.
0:11:58 > 0:12:03This man had the gall to dump his builder's rubbish in broad daylight,
0:12:03 > 0:12:06but the CCTV evidence meant he had to put his hands up to it
0:12:06 > 0:12:09and pay a total of £290.
0:12:12 > 0:12:15Since the council have put the camera up, it's been 100% better.
0:12:15 > 0:12:19We were also plagued by burglaries and it seems to have stopped that as well.
0:12:19 > 0:12:23Obviously, people can see the camera, know it's monitored and then go somewhere else.
0:12:23 > 0:12:26So it's been very, very good for us. Really pleased with it.
0:12:26 > 0:12:29As far as we're concerned, it's been fantastic.
0:12:30 > 0:12:32Back at the derelict social club,
0:12:32 > 0:12:35officers Bill and Gary are assessing the damage.
0:12:35 > 0:12:38They're hoping the CCTV camera has caught the rogues
0:12:38 > 0:12:42who've been dumping in this pleasant residential area.
0:12:42 > 0:12:46After seven years as a bin man on the streets of Liverpool,
0:12:46 > 0:12:51Bill's knowledge of all things rubbish reveals just how shocking this mess is.
0:12:51 > 0:12:53Personally, I could count the fly-tips.
0:12:53 > 0:12:56I would say there's one there off a small van.
0:12:56 > 0:13:01That one there is two off two three-and-a-half ton vans, tippers.
0:13:01 > 0:13:03That one there is a three-and-a-half-ton tipper.
0:13:03 > 0:13:06That one there, that's a three-and-a-half tonner.
0:13:06 > 0:13:09Again, a three-and-a-half tonner where the bags of rubble are.
0:13:09 > 0:13:12Three-and-a-half tonner, the weight in the bricks there.
0:13:12 > 0:13:15That's a small van that's just dumped everything out the back.
0:13:19 > 0:13:23So all in all, 11/12 fly-tippings in this little area.
0:13:23 > 0:13:26It's a blight on the people who live here.
0:13:26 > 0:13:30They're all council tax payers, so they don't deserve to be looking at this.
0:13:30 > 0:13:33And this lot isn't going to be cheap to clear up.
0:13:33 > 0:13:35Just the tips alone...
0:13:37 > 0:13:4220,000 plus...because of what it is. Some of the stuff's got to be separated.
0:13:42 > 0:13:45Any chemical containers would have to be taken out.
0:13:45 > 0:13:50So there's a lot of work to be done just to clear it up. A lot of work.
0:13:50 > 0:13:5320 grand - that's an unbelievable amount.
0:13:53 > 0:14:00The officers are looking for any fresh dumps that could have been caught on CCTV.
0:14:00 > 0:14:02And then, it looks like Gary's come up trumps.
0:14:02 > 0:14:05This might seem like a big white box to you and me, but to him,
0:14:05 > 0:14:10it's another opportunity to catch the culprits.
0:14:10 > 0:14:13I think that's new, what Bill's at there.
0:14:13 > 0:14:17Like I say, I'll go back to work and I'll search the CCTV evidence.
0:14:17 > 0:14:22Gary, Bill, and, of course, the local residents are hoping
0:14:22 > 0:14:26the cameras have caught the scoundrels who've been ruining their area.
0:14:26 > 0:14:29Find out later, as the story unravels.
0:14:29 > 0:14:33As officers trawl through CCTV footage, could they have struck gold?
0:14:33 > 0:14:37We've just got him coming in now, you can just see the back of his car.
0:14:37 > 0:14:39Can you see, the white box is there?
0:14:39 > 0:14:46But as they track the driver of a car caught on camera, could there be a surprising result to this case?
0:14:48 > 0:14:50Fantastic, mate!
0:14:50 > 0:14:53How stupid can you get?!
0:14:59 > 0:15:01In Middlesbrough, officers Phil and Lee
0:15:01 > 0:15:06are soon to interview a man about illegally carrying scrap metal.
0:15:08 > 0:15:12I'm only interested in the person who was driving the vehicle.
0:15:12 > 0:15:15So you don't need to be here, if you don't want.
0:15:16 > 0:15:20But then, the severity of what's going on comes to light.
0:15:20 > 0:15:26The owner of the vehicle has been prosecuted before for fly-tipping.
0:15:26 > 0:15:27He's on a suspended sentence
0:15:27 > 0:15:30and if he gets caught again, he could go to prison.
0:15:31 > 0:15:36But first, one of the largest ever cases of its kind seen in the UK.
0:15:36 > 0:15:40Now, as stories of illegal dumping go, they don't get much bigger than this.
0:15:43 > 0:15:49The UK produces around 450,000 tons of used tyres each year.
0:15:49 > 0:15:51It's illegal to put them into landfill sites,
0:15:51 > 0:15:55so they've got to be recycled or re-used for other purposes.
0:15:55 > 0:16:02Reputable companies will charge garages between £1 and £1.50 to dispose of the tyres,
0:16:02 > 0:16:08but in 2006, one company was charging 70p a tyre to take them off people's hands.
0:16:08 > 0:16:09It seemed too good to be true...
0:16:09 > 0:16:11and it was.
0:16:11 > 0:16:17In fact, it was so serious that the Environment Agency was called in to investigate.
0:16:25 > 0:16:30This is the worst case of illegal tyre disposal that I've ever come cross.
0:16:30 > 0:16:34We first got alerted back in August 2006
0:16:34 > 0:16:39that a company up in Hirwaun was accepting tyres into the site.
0:16:39 > 0:16:43Um, we weren't aware of a site that could do it legally,
0:16:43 > 0:16:47so we came up to have a look and that's how we came across this unit.
0:16:47 > 0:16:51This warehouse in Wales was being used by a gang of criminals
0:16:51 > 0:16:55who were taking the cash to recycle the tyres but were dumping them.
0:16:55 > 0:17:00The first time we came in, there was a bit of a shock of the actual volume of tyres that were in there.
0:17:00 > 0:17:06The actual unit was completely full of tyres, stacked up as high as the rafters.
0:17:06 > 0:17:10It's very difficult to estimate the exact number of tyres due to the volume,
0:17:10 > 0:17:14but we estimated that there was in the region of 100,000 individual tyres in the unit.
0:17:14 > 0:17:20100,000 tyres, and the owner didn't even know they were there!
0:17:20 > 0:17:24If the Environment Agency were surprised at the scale of this operation,
0:17:24 > 0:17:27imagine how Robert Isler - the owner of the warehouse -
0:17:27 > 0:17:31felt when he first came across the mountains of tyres.
0:17:31 > 0:17:36I was just speechless. I mean, I went walking along a 20,000sq ft unit
0:17:36 > 0:17:40and there was, like, mountains of the stuff. I mean, it was just...
0:17:40 > 0:17:45I couldn't believe someone can be so low, basically, to do that to somebody else's stuff.
0:17:45 > 0:17:49Um, it was just frustrating, upsetting, annoying.
0:17:49 > 0:17:53There were three people in on the operation - a woman and two men -
0:17:53 > 0:17:58but unbelievably, one of them was an ex-police inspector!
0:17:58 > 0:18:02We knew he was somebody we could trust,
0:18:02 > 0:18:04he seemed like a very upstanding businessman,
0:18:04 > 0:18:09he seemed to have it all sorted out, and we didn't get too worried about it.
0:18:10 > 0:18:15The Environment Agency investigation revealed exactly what had been going on.
0:18:15 > 0:18:18Their main source of business was, um,
0:18:18 > 0:18:22having companies bring tyres into the site.
0:18:22 > 0:18:29They had three or four main people who were bringing in large loads of between 300 and 500 tyres at a time,
0:18:29 > 0:18:32sometimes two to three times a week.
0:18:32 > 0:18:38Also, they actually arranged to go out and collect tyres from local garages and service centres.
0:18:38 > 0:18:41And as if that wasn't bad enough,
0:18:41 > 0:18:45the gang was also dumping tyres in Manchester, Warrington and Colchester.
0:18:45 > 0:18:48It was the same story at all the sites.
0:18:48 > 0:18:55We got stung, we'd been left with this hundred-and-something-thousand tyres.
0:18:56 > 0:19:02For Robert Isler, things got even worse when the criminal investigation got underway.
0:19:02 > 0:19:05I couldn't move anything because the police said, can't touch anything.
0:19:05 > 0:19:09So we were left with two years, longer than that, without any rent.
0:19:09 > 0:19:15Then we were told afterwards that we had to clean... get rid of all the tyres.
0:19:15 > 0:19:18Um, they just got from bad to worse.
0:19:18 > 0:19:21With Robert worrying about what he was going to do,
0:19:21 > 0:19:27the Environment Agency's legal team was full steam ahead, determined to nail the gang responsible.
0:19:29 > 0:19:33They were aware that a waste-management licence was needed,
0:19:33 > 0:19:35but never in fact got one.
0:19:35 > 0:19:41I think they were so money-driven in trying to make a quick buck that I think they oversaw everything else.
0:19:41 > 0:19:46Desperate to clear his warehouse, Robert Isler was already looking into ways
0:19:46 > 0:19:50of getting rid of the tyres, but it wasn't going to be cheap.
0:19:50 > 0:19:54We managed to find some people to remove it,
0:19:54 > 0:19:59but the money they wanted was like 100 and something, over £100,000.
0:19:59 > 0:20:06We've a loss of rent for three years, then we're talking about the actual cost of moving the tyres, the bills
0:20:06 > 0:20:10and the transport...to about £250,000. And that's a lot of money.
0:20:10 > 0:20:12You're not kidding, Robert.
0:20:12 > 0:20:15A quarter of a million pounds out of pocket is huge!
0:20:15 > 0:20:18I think I can safely say that we're all feeling for you.
0:20:21 > 0:20:26As far as the owners of the warehouses are concerned,
0:20:26 > 0:20:30one could have some sympathy with them and, in fact, the Environment Agency had sympathy with them,
0:20:30 > 0:20:35because they're lumbered with a problem and they didn't physically deposit the waste.
0:20:37 > 0:20:43The Environment Agency's legal team had their work cut out trying to get to the bottom of this case.
0:20:44 > 0:20:48They had a number of companies which changed name, closed down,
0:20:48 > 0:20:55re-opened again, so that was the most difficult thing to unravel, to see where the tyres were going.
0:20:55 > 0:21:01And once that's been done, then the case became much more easier to deal with.
0:21:01 > 0:21:04The whole investigation relied on the Environmental Crime Team
0:21:04 > 0:21:07to come in and map out where things were happening.
0:21:07 > 0:21:13So once we did that, then it was just a matter of discovering how many tyres were deposited.
0:21:13 > 0:21:17And on the transfer notes, when we worked that out, then obviously,
0:21:17 > 0:21:21we could quite easily work out how much actually they'd made from it.
0:21:21 > 0:21:25In this case, I think, um, they made in excess of £100,000-£115,000.
0:21:27 > 0:21:30In 2009, the three gang members pleaded guilty
0:21:30 > 0:21:36to 11 counts of fly-tipping tyres across the four different sites in England and Wales.
0:21:36 > 0:21:40The two men were sent to prison for 12 months and 8 months,
0:21:40 > 0:21:45and the woman was given 240 hours' community service.
0:21:45 > 0:21:50However, the Environment Agency's legal team wasn't going to stop there.
0:21:50 > 0:21:57They wanted to recover any ill-gotten gains for the threesome's scandalous crimes.
0:21:57 > 0:22:01If there is any money which is identified in which the defendants have benefited from their crime,
0:22:01 > 0:22:05we will make sure...we will do our best to ask the court
0:22:05 > 0:22:10to take that money away from them, because why should they benefit from the crime that they committed?
0:22:10 > 0:22:14It's going to be a long, tiring process, but the Environment Agency
0:22:14 > 0:22:20continues its quest to retrieve the illegal proceeds of crime from the tyre-tipping scoundrels.
0:22:23 > 0:22:25Back in Middlesbrough,
0:22:25 > 0:22:28Phil and Lee's operation has kicked off with a bang.
0:22:28 > 0:22:33They're on the hunt for people that are illegally trying to make money out of scrap metal.
0:22:33 > 0:22:36I thought you said you'd no waste in.
0:22:36 > 0:22:39Phil's pulled in a van that looks like it's got scrap metal in the back.
0:22:39 > 0:22:42The people in the van don't have a licence to carry it
0:22:42 > 0:22:46and one of them has also been done for fly-tipping before.
0:22:46 > 0:22:49Before I to speak to you, mate, I want to verify your identity.
0:22:49 > 0:22:52- I know I'm allowed to do that. - Yeah.- Right.
0:22:52 > 0:22:56But because the man who has been prosecuted before isn't driving the van,
0:22:56 > 0:23:00he isn't legally responsible for the load of metal.
0:23:00 > 0:23:02Phil takes charge of this heated situation
0:23:02 > 0:23:07and takes the driver somewhere a little quieter to carry out an interview under caution.
0:23:07 > 0:23:11You do not have to say anything, but it may harm your defence
0:23:11 > 0:23:15if you do not mention, when questioned, something which you later rely on in court.
0:23:15 > 0:23:18Anything that you do say may be used in evidence.
0:23:18 > 0:23:21So what kind of waste are you carrying?
0:23:24 > 0:23:27Where has the waste come from?
0:23:27 > 0:23:30And what do you intend to do with it?
0:23:30 > 0:23:32So are you a registered waste carrier?
0:23:33 > 0:23:36Do you have a waste-carrier's licence?
0:23:38 > 0:23:40Are you aware that it's an offence
0:23:40 > 0:23:45under the Control of Pollution (Amendment) Act 1989, section 5(5)(b),
0:23:45 > 0:23:48failure to produce authority to transport waste?
0:23:50 > 0:23:55Are you aware it's an offence not to have a waste-carrier's licence?
0:23:55 > 0:23:57It's not long before it's over.
0:23:57 > 0:24:03These boys didn't look like they were playing ball, and there could be a very good reason for that.
0:24:03 > 0:24:08Basically, the owner of the vehicle has been prosecuted before for fly-tipping.
0:24:08 > 0:24:12He's on a suspended sentence and if he gets caught again, he could go to prison.
0:24:12 > 0:24:17So now he's operating the vehicle under someone else's name,
0:24:17 > 0:24:23and he's getting other people to drive it so he doesn't have to carry the can.
0:24:23 > 0:24:26But obviously, it's the driver of the vehicle who is responsible for it,
0:24:26 > 0:24:31and the contents, so it'll be his, er...
0:24:31 > 0:24:34driver who gets prosecuted now.
0:24:34 > 0:24:39Phil and his fellow officers don't mess around when dealing with these kind of guys.
0:24:39 > 0:24:45He's going to get a producer, so if he has got a licence, he'll have seven days to produce it.
0:24:45 > 0:24:47If he doesn't,
0:24:47 > 0:24:53then he will receive a Fixed Penalty Notice, which will be about £300.
0:24:53 > 0:24:59And if he fails to pay that, he could go to court, which is up to a maximum of £5,000.
0:24:59 > 0:25:03All these men would need to do is pay £154
0:25:03 > 0:25:05for a three-year waste-carrier's licence, and they'd be fine.
0:25:05 > 0:25:10Now, there's no reason to think there's anything wrong with this load of scrap metal,
0:25:10 > 0:25:14but it's a good example of where there's legal money to be made from it.
0:25:14 > 0:25:18The sort of stuff we've got on here is...this is aluminium.
0:25:18 > 0:25:21I think that's about £2,500 a tonne.
0:25:21 > 0:25:23You've got non-ferrous metals.
0:25:23 > 0:25:26That's £500 - £600 a tonne.
0:25:26 > 0:25:30Lead, I think, is up in the £3,000 - £4,000 a tonne.
0:25:31 > 0:25:38Er, and the rest is just basic non-ferrous stuff, which is worth not a lot,
0:25:38 > 0:25:42but he might get 150 quid for this load.
0:25:42 > 0:25:46If he does three, four loads a day, it's quite a lot of money.
0:25:47 > 0:25:51So making money from scrap metal can be a lucrative business,
0:25:51 > 0:25:56but it's unbelievable what some villains will do to get their hands on the metal illegally
0:25:56 > 0:25:58to earn themselves a quick buck.
0:25:58 > 0:26:02We've all heard stories of lead being ripped off homes and houses to sell as scrap,
0:26:02 > 0:26:06but what kind of crook would do it to a church?
0:26:08 > 0:26:13St Barnabas Church in Ealing, London, is a focal point for the local community.
0:26:13 > 0:26:17Alongside family worship, it runs Brownies and Scout groups for children,
0:26:17 > 0:26:20two choirs, and even holds weekly concerts.
0:26:20 > 0:26:26Reverend David Deboys and his parishioners were shocked when they were targeted by thieving criminals.
0:26:28 > 0:26:31The lead thefts at St Barnabas happened over a four-month period,
0:26:31 > 0:26:33starting in October last year
0:26:33 > 0:26:37and going right through to January of this year.
0:26:37 > 0:26:41They used a window ledge to climb up.
0:26:41 > 0:26:48They began removing the easiest lead first, anything that was only battened down,
0:26:48 > 0:26:55and then they began to roll down to the road at the side, where they had a vehicle waiting.
0:26:55 > 0:27:03If we ignore the costs in time of installing security cameras
0:27:03 > 0:27:04and CCTV cameras,
0:27:04 > 0:27:10the global cost to the church is of the order of £30,000.
0:27:10 > 0:27:15That is the extraordinary cost to re-roof what is not a vast area.
0:27:15 > 0:27:19It has created heartache, it has caused shock,
0:27:19 > 0:27:22because we never thought we'd be targeted.
0:27:25 > 0:27:30No-one was ever caught for the damage done to St Barnabas Church in Ealing.
0:27:30 > 0:27:34Back in Middlesbrough, officers Phil and Lee are determined to stop
0:27:34 > 0:27:37anyone trying to do anything similar to buildings in their area.
0:27:37 > 0:27:42Their busy day is about to get even busier, as another van is pulled in.
0:27:42 > 0:27:44While there's no proof that anything has been stolen,
0:27:44 > 0:27:49Phil and Lee are in for a big surprise by what they find in the back.
0:27:49 > 0:27:52It's off a tank. See all them?
0:27:52 > 0:27:54- You know what I mean?- A tank?
0:27:54 > 0:27:56- Yeah. As in a battle tank?- Yeah.
0:27:58 > 0:28:03Back in Liverpool, officers are investigating a serious fly-tip site
0:28:03 > 0:28:07in a nice residential area, and they're hoping that a CCTV camera
0:28:07 > 0:28:10will catch the culprit in the act.
0:28:11 > 0:28:14Early morning at the Enviro-Crime headquarters,
0:28:14 > 0:28:18and officers Steve and Gary are now searching through the CCTV footage.
0:28:18 > 0:28:21It's time to see if the cameras have got them a result.
0:28:23 > 0:28:24It's 12.30.
0:28:26 > 0:28:32It's a painstaking process. But finally, it looks like they might have a breakthrough with the case.
0:28:32 > 0:28:36We've got him coming in. You can just see the back of his car.
0:28:36 > 0:28:42Can you see the white boxes there? So he's obviously got something in the vehicle. We've got him going in.
0:28:42 > 0:28:47That area, obviously, we've got the area clear beforehand and we can see where he's backed up.
0:28:47 > 0:28:51It tallies up. The evidence is there to suggest he's done it.
0:28:51 > 0:28:54And we've got him coming out on the other one.
0:28:54 > 0:28:57Let's see if we, er... if they'll accept what they've done.
0:28:57 > 0:29:019 out of 10 times, the ones that we've had in the past,
0:29:01 > 0:29:05we've always had a positive reaction from them by saying, "Yes, I did it."
0:29:05 > 0:29:10Because when we show them the evidence, they've not really got a choice on that matter!
0:29:10 > 0:29:13Steve might have the car's registration number,
0:29:13 > 0:29:18but will he manage to track down the driver and get them in for a taped interview under caution?
0:29:22 > 0:29:26While he waits, Steve wants to check the box himself.
0:29:26 > 0:29:30Are there any other clues that could help with this case?
0:29:30 > 0:29:32- It's just general rubbish.- Yeah.
0:29:32 > 0:29:36They've cleared the room out. Can't be bothered taking it to the tip and dumped it.
0:29:36 > 0:29:43Local resident Dot has popped along to see how the boys are getting on.
0:29:43 > 0:29:47I said to my husband, "Get some of it in the car and throw it on their doorstep!"
0:29:47 > 0:29:51And then he says to me, "Well, you're as bad as them, then!"
0:29:51 > 0:29:53No, I agree with you, because it's annoying, isn't it?
0:29:53 > 0:29:58It's a lovely area, this, and it's a shame that it's going down so bad.
0:29:58 > 0:30:01A couple of weeks ago, I saw a big wagon coming in.
0:30:01 > 0:30:03Obviously, they were going to dump.
0:30:03 > 0:30:06But see, it was pitch black at night.
0:30:06 > 0:30:09I've been over a few times and they've just drove out.
0:30:09 > 0:30:12My husband goes mad. He says, "They could attack you."
0:30:12 > 0:30:14- Yeah.- He said... - Just get us the registration number.
0:30:14 > 0:30:19But you haven't been able to get anybody on camera dumping yet? No?
0:30:19 > 0:30:23- Er...can't really tell you.- Oh, you can't say?- No.- Oh, well, right.
0:30:23 > 0:30:26It's ongoing at the moment. We'll just leave it at that, yeah?
0:30:26 > 0:30:29- Yeah, OK. I know there's only so much you can say.- Yeah.
0:30:29 > 0:30:33- OK, I'll leave you to it. - All right, thank you very much. - I'll give you that card.
0:30:33 > 0:30:35- Thanks very much anyway. - No problem.
0:30:37 > 0:30:45She's happy to see Steve and Gary on the case, which might be even closer to being solved than anyone thought.
0:30:46 > 0:30:49Have Steve and Gary stumbled upon a surprise result?
0:30:49 > 0:30:52If you look sort of between our shoulders down across the road,
0:30:52 > 0:30:54you can see the same vehicle,
0:30:54 > 0:30:56it matches the registration that we've got.
0:30:56 > 0:30:59And it looks like more fly-tipping scoundrels
0:30:59 > 0:31:01have been caught red-handed.
0:31:01 > 0:31:03I mean, this one is just so...
0:31:03 > 0:31:05blatantly ridiculous.
0:31:05 > 0:31:07Not only have we got the registration,
0:31:07 > 0:31:10we've got the name of the company and a phone number.
0:31:11 > 0:31:15Back in Middlesbrough, officers Phil and Lee are halfway through
0:31:15 > 0:31:22their sting operation to stop people illegally making money out of waste and scrap metal.
0:31:22 > 0:31:26And Phil has already had to deal with one rotter.
0:31:26 > 0:31:29You do not have to say anything, but it may harm your defence...
0:31:29 > 0:31:33Another van's just turned up with a very surprising load.
0:31:35 > 0:31:38- A tank?!- Yeah.
0:31:38 > 0:31:40- As in a battle tank?- Yeah.
0:31:40 > 0:31:44But before he gets stuck into that, he's been called over to deal with another truck.
0:31:44 > 0:31:48It looks like it's carrying scrap metal, but does the driver have a licence for it?
0:31:48 > 0:31:52I have applied for it. I'm waiting for it to come back, you see.
0:31:52 > 0:31:54Right, I'm going to have to speak to you about that,
0:31:54 > 0:31:58because you're not supposed to carry scrap without a licence now,
0:31:58 > 0:32:01so I'll have to go through the procedure with you.
0:32:01 > 0:32:05We're possibly looking at an industrial clearance on one of the local units,
0:32:05 > 0:32:08because it looks as though it's come from one source.
0:32:08 > 0:32:15So, it's just to check that he's got his waste-carrier's licence.
0:32:15 > 0:32:17You know, he may just be transporting it
0:32:17 > 0:32:21from one industrial spot to another, it all looks in good condition.
0:32:21 > 0:32:24That's the purpose of an interview and a caution, it gives the person
0:32:24 > 0:32:29the opportunity to disclose what he's doing with it, if it is waste.
0:32:31 > 0:32:32What kind of waste are you carrying?
0:32:32 > 0:32:37- Scrap-metal.- What do you intend to do with the waste?
0:32:38 > 0:32:42- So are you a registered waste carrier?- Not at the minute, no.
0:32:42 > 0:32:43I'm waiting, pending.
0:32:45 > 0:32:47So do you have a waste-carrier's licence?
0:32:49 > 0:32:54It's not long before it's over and Phil's got everything he needs from the driver.
0:32:54 > 0:32:58What I will do is, I will check the database with the Environment Agency
0:32:58 > 0:33:01to see if he has actually applied for one.
0:33:01 > 0:33:06If he hasn't, like I explained to him, it's like having a driving licence -
0:33:06 > 0:33:08you've either got one or you haven't.
0:33:08 > 0:33:12If it's in the application stage, you're still technically breaking the law.
0:33:12 > 0:33:15So I'll check the database, see if he produces one.
0:33:15 > 0:33:19If he doesn't, then unfortunately, he'll be getting a £300 Fixed Penalty Notice.
0:33:19 > 0:33:23If he pays it within 10 days, it's reduced to 180.
0:33:23 > 0:33:29So he's fully aware of what to do, so we'll see.
0:33:29 > 0:33:32Over with the van that has the military parts in the back of it,
0:33:32 > 0:33:36and while there's no evidence that the men have done anything wrong,
0:33:36 > 0:33:38officer Lee still has to follow protocol.
0:33:38 > 0:33:42You don't have to say anything, but it may harm your defence
0:33:42 > 0:33:46if you fail to mention, when questioned, something which you later rely on in court.
0:33:46 > 0:33:50Anything you do say may be used in evidence. Do you understand the caution?
0:33:50 > 0:33:52Yes, yes. Yes, I do.
0:33:52 > 0:33:55The officers now need to find out what else is in the van.
0:33:57 > 0:34:00- Will you show me?- Just, like, an engine out of the yard.
0:34:00 > 0:34:02A bit of an engine. Oh, that's...
0:34:02 > 0:34:06That's his old washing machine out of his house, out of his backyard, that.
0:34:06 > 0:34:08He sent that this morning, he's got another one.
0:34:10 > 0:34:11That's out of his garage.
0:34:11 > 0:34:13- What else?- That's it.
0:34:13 > 0:34:16Well, there's a lot of mixed scrap here.
0:34:16 > 0:34:20Oh, yeah, because out of the back, what we got was moving out of his street...
0:34:20 > 0:34:24Right, that leads to my next question, where's the waste come from?
0:34:24 > 0:34:26Just up the Leighton Road.
0:34:26 > 0:34:28Just out of houses and gardens.
0:34:28 > 0:34:31Out of houses, out of other people's gardens, did you say?
0:34:31 > 0:34:34No, no. This is from his boss, but that from next door cos they moved.
0:34:34 > 0:34:36All of these bits are just out the, like...
0:34:36 > 0:34:40Next door, when they moved, I picked the scrap up and threw...
0:34:40 > 0:34:43- So you picked up waste from next door...- Yeah, cos he asked us to.
0:34:43 > 0:34:45..with the intention of doing what with it?
0:34:45 > 0:34:48Just taking the scrap ends out of the road.
0:34:48 > 0:34:53So you're going to make money out of it?
0:34:53 > 0:34:56Yeah. Is that your intention? OK.
0:34:56 > 0:34:59For officer Lee, it's crystal clear what's going on here.
0:34:59 > 0:35:04They're carrying other people's waste, and they need a licence to carry other people's waste,
0:35:04 > 0:35:06I explained that to them.
0:35:06 > 0:35:10Their intention is to weigh it in, to make a profit from it.
0:35:10 > 0:35:13So they've been given a Producer, which gives them seven days now.
0:35:13 > 0:35:17Within seven days, they may well come up with a waste-carrier's licence.
0:35:17 > 0:35:21If they can't produce that licence, they will receive a fixed penalty.
0:35:21 > 0:35:26If that fixed penalty is paid, there'll be no further action against themselves.
0:35:26 > 0:35:28But they'll soon get a waste-carrier's licence
0:35:28 > 0:35:32because they'll keep getting stopped and searched, and keep getting producers
0:35:32 > 0:35:35and they'll keep getting fixed penalties.
0:35:36 > 0:35:39It's the end of the day for officers Phil and Lee.
0:35:39 > 0:35:44Half of the vehicles they pulled in didn't have waste licences, but their quest to keep fly-tipping
0:35:44 > 0:35:49and illegal waste carrying under control is working.
0:35:49 > 0:35:54The majority of the scrap men, if you like, in Middlesbrough are now licensed.
0:35:54 > 0:35:59But, like we've seen today, we've had people from out of the area
0:35:59 > 0:36:02that come into Middlesbrough and think it won't matter,
0:36:02 > 0:36:04but we catch them.
0:36:04 > 0:36:08Find out later what will happen to the people they've pulled over today.
0:36:10 > 0:36:14Back in Liverpool, officers are using CCTV footage to catch fly-tipping rotters.
0:36:14 > 0:36:21A derelict social club in a residential area has been targeted by people illegally dumping.
0:36:22 > 0:36:25They've caught a car in the act on camera
0:36:25 > 0:36:29and now need to track down the owner to interview them under caution.
0:36:29 > 0:36:35But suddenly, it looks like finding them might be a little bit easier than they anticipated.
0:36:35 > 0:36:39Do you know the CCTV footage we showed you of the vehicle coming out this morning?
0:36:39 > 0:36:43Well, if you look sort of between our shoulders, down across the road,
0:36:43 > 0:36:47you can see the same vehicle, it matches the registration that we've got.
0:36:47 > 0:36:52So obviously, if this guy lives local, over the road, he's just dumped his rubbish.
0:36:52 > 0:36:57And when you look at the rubbish, he could really break that up and put it in his bin.
0:36:57 > 0:37:00I mean, that's just a joke, as far as I can see -
0:37:00 > 0:37:03you've got the cheek to dump it 30 yards from your house.
0:37:03 > 0:37:06That's if he lives there. Turn up for the books, isn't it?
0:37:06 > 0:37:08That doesn't happen often! HE LAUGHS
0:37:09 > 0:37:16Pure gold! But Steve still needs confirmation that the owner does indeed live over the road.
0:37:18 > 0:37:22Here's the phone call now. Hello, Steve Daley speaking.
0:37:22 > 0:37:24Hello, Paul. How you doing, mate?
0:37:27 > 0:37:28Yeah.
0:37:33 > 0:37:36Fantastic, mate! So we were just double-checking it.
0:37:36 > 0:37:40Can you just e-mail them details through as normal, please, yeah?
0:37:40 > 0:37:42Fantastic, mate. Thanks very much for that.
0:37:42 > 0:37:44Lovely, cheers. Ta-ra.
0:37:46 > 0:37:50Right, that phone call was off the guy who we gets the vehicle checks done
0:37:50 > 0:37:54and it comes back to the vehicle... That's the address over the road from us!
0:37:54 > 0:37:57So, how stupid can you get?
0:38:06 > 0:38:10The day has arrived for the owner to come in for their interview under caution.
0:38:10 > 0:38:14It's registered to a man, but his wife was driving it at the time.
0:38:14 > 0:38:21She'll be facing Steve, and these situations are familiar territory for the former police officer.
0:38:21 > 0:38:29There's no difference in how we interview people in this room than the police do.
0:38:29 > 0:38:32The only difference is that they tend to be in custody,
0:38:32 > 0:38:37whereas here, they come in voluntarily and they're free to leave.
0:38:37 > 0:38:41She's not sure of what evidence we have cos we never tell people that.
0:38:41 > 0:38:45So what we will do is, obviously, I'll ask her her side of the story
0:38:45 > 0:38:48and if she says to me, "I put that rubbish there,"
0:38:48 > 0:38:52fine, we can just clarify a few items of how it got there and why she put it there.
0:38:52 > 0:38:55If she denies it, then obviously, we then have to start working round it.
0:38:55 > 0:38:58I'll then present the evidence that I've received,
0:38:58 > 0:39:04which is the CCTV footage, and we'll get to the bottom of how she came about putting this rubbish there.
0:39:04 > 0:39:06Was she the owner of the vehicle at the time?
0:39:06 > 0:39:11For all we know, it could have been somebody else in the family, or a friend who's done this.
0:39:11 > 0:39:16But we just need to ascertain how that rubbish got there and who put it there.
0:39:19 > 0:39:23The woman declined to be filmed while the interview took place.
0:39:28 > 0:39:31It's not long before Steve and Gary's work is done.
0:39:34 > 0:39:37She was shocked, particularly when we told her
0:39:37 > 0:39:41that the camera was four or five doors away from her own house,
0:39:41 > 0:39:45she was just speechless, really. So we got full admission out of her.
0:39:45 > 0:39:47So we'll just put a file together,
0:39:47 > 0:39:51it goes to Trading Standards, let them decide what happens next.
0:39:51 > 0:39:54She's just obviously thought she's got too much rubbish in her house,
0:39:54 > 0:39:57or in her yard, and she wanted to get shot of it.
0:39:57 > 0:39:59That was the easy option for her.
0:39:59 > 0:40:03But people like this woman aren't Steve's biggest concern.
0:40:05 > 0:40:08It's only a minor amount of rubbish that we've found
0:40:08 > 0:40:11and we'd prefer it if we got more people...
0:40:11 > 0:40:16We're after the bigger loads and the professional fly-tippers, they're the ones we're after.
0:40:16 > 0:40:19So hopefully, we can start getting the message across.
0:40:20 > 0:40:26And back at the office, there's some positive news on those bigger loads and the professional fly-tippers.
0:40:26 > 0:40:29This is the first one that we came across,
0:40:29 > 0:40:33this was a Ford van that went in.
0:40:33 > 0:40:36Now, we believe this guy's been in before. This guy's come in now.
0:40:36 > 0:40:39He's backed it up and they're just deliberately emptying the van out.
0:40:39 > 0:40:43- This was a sofa and two chairs, or two sofas.- Yeah.
0:40:43 > 0:40:46So he's probably done a house clearance for somebody.
0:40:46 > 0:40:49Probably paid him £100, £50, whatever to get rid of it
0:40:49 > 0:40:52and he just knows where he can go and he's just tipped it.
0:40:52 > 0:40:55And there's the sofa just come out there then.
0:40:59 > 0:41:02We actually just missed his face because of the tinted screen.
0:41:02 > 0:41:07He wasn't the only scoundrel to be caught on camera and this is totally brazen.
0:41:07 > 0:41:11This guy clearly doesn't have a care in the world.
0:41:11 > 0:41:15Here he is. 20 past one in the afternoon. Unbelievable!
0:41:15 > 0:41:21It looks like he may have done an office - there's some office shelving, there's some plasterboard.
0:41:21 > 0:41:23But there's a couple of bags with some evidence in
0:41:23 > 0:41:26what me and Steve found and that's hopefully going to...
0:41:26 > 0:41:29tally up with the vehicle.
0:41:29 > 0:41:34But the next dump they've caught on camera absolutely takes the biscuit.
0:41:34 > 0:41:35I mean, this one is just so...
0:41:35 > 0:41:38blatantly ridiculous. We've got everything.
0:41:38 > 0:41:43Not only have we got the registration, we've got the name of the company and phone number.
0:41:43 > 0:41:47He's either very daft or he's got no care in the world, to go and dump rubbish down there.
0:41:47 > 0:41:51Because it's half-past eight Saturday morning, there are people about.
0:41:51 > 0:41:55So the CCTV has come up trumps again for the Liverpool officers.
0:41:55 > 0:41:57And there's some even better news -
0:41:57 > 0:42:01the owner of the premises has agreed to clear the fly-tipped mess up.
0:42:01 > 0:42:05It's all made a huge difference to the local residents.
0:42:05 > 0:42:08Oh, 10 times better than it was.
0:42:08 > 0:42:14Anybody walking past seeing the grot there, they'd say, "Ooh, I'm glad I don't live up this road."
0:42:14 > 0:42:18Now it's all gone, you're happy to say where you live.
0:42:18 > 0:42:19Happy again, yes.
0:42:20 > 0:42:23In the Middlesbrough sting operation,
0:42:23 > 0:42:28the three men with tank parts in their van were given verbal advice on the disposal of waste,
0:42:28 > 0:42:33the man with a truckload of metal was issued with a £300 Fixed Penalty Notice,
0:42:33 > 0:42:37and no further action was taken against the driver that Phil interviewed in a van.
0:42:39 > 0:42:44In the Liverpool case, the lady driver of a car was conditionally discharged
0:42:44 > 0:42:47and ordered to pay £50 compensation to Liverpool Council.
0:42:47 > 0:42:52Investigations into the other fly-tips are ongoing and one of them is soon going to court.
0:42:52 > 0:42:58Join us next time, when we'll be hot on the heels of more Filthy Rotten Scoundrels.
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