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March 31st, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
In a series of intelligence-led raids, authorities recovered dozens of stolen
cars, which had mostly been stripped down, caravans, a “large quantity of
national infrastructure cable” and more than 1100 liquid propane gas (LPG)
cylinders.
The investigation, headed by the Eastern Region Special Operation Unit
(ERSOU), uncovered evidence to suggest the smuggled metal was bound for
China, West Africa and India and Northern Cyprus.
Cargo containers were raided at ports in London Thamesport, Tilbury,
Felixstowe, Harwich and Dover.
Meanwhile Calor Gas, the multinational company owned by the Dutch SHV Energy,
said thousands of cylinders have been recovered from African countries
including Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Gambia and Tanzania.
Last year more than 200,000 gas cylinders were stolen across Britain by scrap
metal thieves, costing the industry more than £9 million.
The cylinders are not only being melted down as part of wider operations in
Africa to steal valuable metal in other items but are also sold commercially
as a whole.
Officials say that unless they are treated with care by experts the cylinders
could cause “devastation”.
Det Insp Gary Brotherhood, the officer in charge of the ERSOU, said the
smuggling operations were “clearly the work of serious and organised crime
groups using this as a means to finance and fund organised crime”.
“These groups, based in this country and also overseas, are interested in
making money from the commodities that have been shipped there,” he told The
Daily Telegraph.
“Metal theft is a very lucrative market and these organised crime groups will
then target these commodities… either to fund other criminality or for
profit.
“The shipping routes that have been identified we believe are linked to
organised criminals networks in the UK as well as countries where these
items were going to. We think there has to be a local market demand for
these commodities.”
He added: “It is fair to say that the theft of cables has been prolific and we
are going to target these gangs who believe they can steal and cause
disruptions here.
“This investigation will have significantly disrupted sophisticated criminal
networks.”
The UK Border Force (UKBF) commissioned Operation Chisel, which involved
officers from Norfolk, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire
and Suffolk police forces.
The government agency, formerly known as the UK Border Agency, supplied
“cutting edge technology” as well as intelligence on international smuggling
for the operation which undertaken over the past few months.
Officials from Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs, the Maritime and Coastguard
Agency and Environment Agency are also involved in the ongoing operation as
investigations continue.
Evidence is to be sent to national intelligence databases at the Home Office
and the Serious Organised Crime Agency, which is also involved in the
operation.
Authorities say any arrested criminals caught smuggling gas cylinders could
face charges including shipping of dangerous goods.
Bill Form, the Border Force Assistant Director for Central Region UK, said
authorities were determined to crack down on the illegal operations.
“Where international crime gangs are involved, we are determined to stop these
goods being smuggled out of the UK.
Paul Blacklock, Calor’s head of strategy, said the company had noticed a
marked “escalation” in the thefts involving its goods.
Over the past year thefts of cylinders has cost the company more than £4.5
million, with more than steel gas cylinders being stolen.
“For a long time we have suspected that many … cylinders were disappearing,
not just into the illegal scrap trade but also as part of a more organised
criminal underworld,” he said. “What these criminals are doing is highly
dangerous.”
Official figures have shown that more than 1,000 metal theft offences are
occurring every week in Britain.
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