HomeNon-ferrous MetalsScrap and secondary METAL THEFT - VIEW FROM A SCRAP BUYER: What it's like to be raided by police looking for stolen metal As metal thefts rise in the UK, the police are stepping up efforts to find stolen material by raiding scrapyards. Here a scrap buyer tells Barbara O'Donovan what it is like to be raided. When we asked why, they said they’d recently sent in some plainclothes officers with railway cable [to sell] and we were the only ones in the area who told them... Email this article Your details Your recipients's details You can enter a maximum of 5 recipients. Use ; to separate email addresses. Email yourself a copy? Enter the code: Ok You might notice something different here.As we continue our evolution, our data and market news is now available through the Fastmarkets platform and a trial of this website is no longer available. Already registered? Log in Our new delivery solution allows you to access the prices and news that matters most to you in a way that delivers value, quality and a unique, fully customizable view for you. Learn More We are developing an experience that allows you to test drive building your view of our data and news on the new platform. In the meantime, we can prepare a quote for you and show you around. Get Started Contact Us +44 (0) 20 7779 8260 hello.mb@fastmarkets.com Published Barbara O'Donovan December 05, 2011 11:39 GMT London Keywords metal theft scrap buyer UK scrapyards police raids Related news {{article|snippet:'title'|removeHtmlTags}} {{article|fields:'dates'|date:dateArticleFormat}}
