Amazingly a single gang of travellers are said to have been the root cause of 47% of all insurance claims for caravan theft.
The BBC cite the Wiltshire gang as having been responsible for – wait for it – HALF of all the caravans stolen in the whole of the UK between 2004 and 2007.
They really must dig caravans.
How about some mugshots? Here you go:
Astonishing. It took 19 police forces across the UK to arrest them. Here’s a sample of some of the action:
Today they are safely behind bars. Phew. Your 4 berth, Fixed Bed, Full awning 2006 Ace Jubilee Statesman is safe.
Remember, you saw it first on RiskHeads (probably). 🙂
I think it was probably the £700,000 they netted rather than the caravans they were digging Adam 🙂
I suppose you have a point! I wonder how many caravans we’re talking about here? If it’s as many as I imagine, that figure doesn’t say much for the value of second hand caravans.