'The largest stash ever discovered in the UK': £2m of tools found by Met

Henry Riley joins Nick Ferrari to discuss his exclusive story on tool theft across the UK. The Metropolitan Police discovered "six' or "seven" rooms filled with stolen tools and equipment from major construction companies including Balfour Beatty. The £2 million haul led Metropolitan Police officers to a House of Multiple Occupancy (HMO) in East London, which contained the equivalent of ten lorry loads of tools. Some of the stolen goods were taken from a site in Tilbury in Essex from contractors for the Lower Thames Crossing, which police said would have likely delayed the project had they not been recovered. Shoaib Awan, a gas engineer from Romford and anti-tool theft campaigner, described the site as being “full of tools” with “six or seven rooms” filled with stolen kit. He praised officers for a “great find”, explaining that it was a “constant struggle” to locate these criminals who are moving to online marketplaces, in addition to places like car boot sales, to sell the high-value, expensive goods. Inspector Mark Connolly from Havering explained that trackers on some of the stolen goods eventually led officers to an address in Ilford, where they subsequently found a “huge amount of stolen equipment”. Listen to the full show on the all-new LBC App: https://app.af.lbc.co.uk/btnc/thenewl... #henryriley #nickferrari #LBC #debate #uknews #ukpolitics #stolentools #news LBC is the home of live debate around news and current affairs in the UK. Join in the conversation and listen at https://www.lbc.co.uk/ Sign up to LBC’s weekly newsletter here: https://l-bc.co/signup