CS gas to protect against cab robbers

[wheel_nut]

wyatt_erp:
Well thats a relief then. I had read about an incident like this on TruckPol’s website. Now I have read that, I can sleep easy

I didnt read that, I read this one.

Truckpol has stated that gas attacks on unsuspecting haulage and couriers in Europe are a myth, despite claims that the problem is worsening. DC Alan Soames, head of the Crime Intelligence Unit of Truckpol, claims that there is no evidence to suggest that sleeping drivers are being gassed so that thieves can make off with the goods they are delivering.

The statement comes amidst claims by a Europe Logistics subcontractor who claims that he still suffers side effects from a gas attack that allowed two illegal Iraqi immigrants to hide away in his lorry. He faces a fine of £2,000 per stowaway if found guilty of not carrying out the correct checks and safety precautions.

DC Soames believes embarassment has been the main factor in the claims, stating “There has been no medical proof so far. [European Law Enforcement Agency] Europol has done some research and were of the same opinion that they didn’t believe it’s actually happening.”

The statement has been met with outrage by some drivers and same day couriers, who claim the problems are becoming more widespread in Europe and that Truckpol are simply burying their heads in the sand.

This may have been the article you read, but you missed one very important word.

23 September 2010
Sandbach M6 - Gas Attacks: Thursday - Sandbach Motorway Services, M6 junc.17 (near Crewe) Two truckers were subject to an incident where they were allegedly gassed in their cabs.
Despite some communications issues, the Czechoslovakian and Polish drivers related that they both awoke, choking, while still in their vehicles. They managed to exit their cabs - and discovered their trailer curtains had been slashed, but with nothing apparently stolen.
Police, Paramedics and Haz Chem were all called to the scene and are of the view that an INCAPACITANT had been used.

Truckpol urges drivers, despatchers and hauliers to take note of this method of attack and to report any incidents immediately.
General information about this particular incident can be reported to Cheshire Police: 0845 458 0000 or Truckpol

[wyatt_erp]

Wheel Nut:

wyatt_erp:
Well thats a relief then. I had read about an incident like this on TruckPol’s website. Now I have read that, I can sleep easy

I didnt read that, I read this one.

Truckpol has stated that gas attacks on unsuspecting haulage and couriers in Europe are a myth, despite claims that the problem is worsening. DC Alan Soames, head of the Crime Intelligence Unit of Truckpol, claims that there is no evidence to suggest that sleeping drivers are being gassed so that thieves can make off with the goods they are delivering.

The statement comes amidst claims by a Europe Logistics subcontractor who claims that he still suffers side effects from a gas attack that allowed two illegal Iraqi immigrants to hide away in his lorry. He faces a fine of £2,000 per stowaway if found guilty of not carrying out the correct checks and safety precautions.

DC Soames believes embarassment has been the main factor in the claims, stating “There has been no medical proof so far. [European Law Enforcement Agency] Europol has done some research and were of the same opinion that they didn’t believe it’s actually happening.”

The statement has been met with outrage by some drivers and same day couriers, who claim the problems are becoming more widespread in Europe and that Truckpol are simply burying their heads in the sand.

This may have been the article you read, but you missed one very important word.

23 September 2010
Sandbach M6 - Gas Attacks: Thursday - Sandbach Motorway Services, M6 junc.17 (near Crewe) Two truckers were subject to an incident where they were allegedly gassed in their cabs.
Despite some communications issues, the Czechoslovakian and Polish drivers related that they both awoke, choking, while still in their vehicles. They managed to exit their cabs - and discovered their trailer curtains had been slashed, but with nothing apparently stolen.
Police, Paramedics and Haz Chem were all called to the scene and are of the view that an INCAPACITANT had been used.

Truckpol urges drivers, despatchers and hauliers to take note of this method of attack and to report any incidents immediately.
General information about this particular incident can be reported to Cheshire Police: 0845 458 0000 or Truckpol

Crikey Mr Wheel Nut you must have far too much time on your hands to wade through all of these posts by everyone everyday?

Ok so the technical difference between gas and “incapacitant” may be different, but its the methods being used by these tossers thats the worrying trend! They are still trying to "incapacitate you while you sleep in your cab to obtain access to your truck/trailer.

[mb14]

wyatt_erp:
We all take smoke detectors for granted these days, and carbon monoxide detectors, but is there a detector for gasses like those used to gas us in our cabs as we sleep? This trend of getting access to the cab while the driver is put to sleep is getting more commonplace it seems.

we’ve got these alarms fitted

nereusalarms.co.uk/

[wyatt_erp]

mb14:

wyatt_erp:
We all take smoke detectors for granted these days, and carbon monoxide detectors, but is there a detector for gasses like those used to gas us in our cabs as we sleep? This trend of getting access to the cab while the driver is put to sleep is getting more commonplace it seems.

we’ve got these alarms fitted

nereusalarms.co.uk/

Many thanks MB14 !

[limeyphil]

there is an easy solution to this.
don’t go to sleep.
what’s happened to the days of one hitting it home?
i’ve never been gassed by anyone, apart from myself.

[chester1]

i got caught with cs at the train in 2005, arested on the spot taken to folkstone police station and cautioned in and out in an hour ,not to much of a prob .the prob comes in how you are treated after by the police although iv never been treated badly, wen you get stoped with your car your details come up on screen with a caution for a controled weapon thay are not told wot the weapon is so thay err on the side of caution and you get all the keep your hands wher thay can see them bit, the first thing thay ask is wot the weapon was .not worth the greif id say