Concerns have been raised about the safety of truck drivers following the theft of fuel from lorries parked in lay-bys.
Police have been warning truck drivers through extra signage and carrying out additional patrols in Neath, Port Talbot to attempt to overcome this issue. Over 150 litres of fuel was siphoned from a lorry parked along the A465 as the driver slept.
The Freight Transport Association said thieves were often very violent while truck stop provision was poor, particularly in mid Wales.
Lorry driver Steven Orchard, 34, from Carmarthenshire, was parked on the same road at Resolven when his vehicle was targeted overnight, “Some lorries can hold 800 or 900 litres of diesel. It’s easy money,” he said
The Freight Transport Association (FTA) said truck drivers are popular targets for thieves and the Resolven incident was “not a rarity”. Don Armour, of the FTA, said: “Instances of fuel siphoning and general truck theft are all too common. Truck stop provision is pretty poor throughout the UK – there are basically none in mid Wales
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