Individuals who allegedly fly-tipped fridges on the A52 near Wheatcroft Island have had their vehicle seized by Rushcliffe Borough Council officers and Nottinghamshire Police.
It follows several incidences of the items being dumped in the area, leading to the use of CCTV capturing those in the act during December 2018. It’s just been revealed the white van linked to the fly-tipping (pictured top) was confiscated on January 11th on Grant Street in Nottingham.
This is the second vehicle to be seized in connection with illegal waste dumping – after a red van linked with similar offences (pictured right) was towed away last December.
Rushcliffe Borough Council’s Deputy Leader, Cllr Debbie Mason said: “This successful seizure once again demonstrates the hard work of our Environmental Health team who identify vehicles involved with fly-tipping. As this case shows, we will use all of our enforcement powers wherever we can and seek to prosecute anyone who fly-tips carelessly to damage the environment in this way and blight any part of the Borough.”
Inspector Craig Berry, from Rushcliffe Police, said: “We take all fly-tipping extremely seriously and work with partners such as Rushcliffe Borough Council in this case to do everything we can to prevent and deter offending and take action when we can. It is a particularly difficult offence to investigate, however the use of CCTV cameras, our work with partners and the use of all powers and tools available means we can seize vehicles where necessary.”
It’s not yet been revealed whether the drivers of these vans are also thought to be responsible for the dumping of old fridges and freezers we’ve reported recently along Flawforth Lane and Asher Lane in Ruddington. If these offences now stop, perhaps we’ll draw our own conclusions…
Anyone with information on criminals fly-tipping in our around our village is asked to contact RBC via social media, over the ‘phone on 0115 981 99 11 or by emailing customerservices@rushcliffe.gov.uk.
