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Welsh police crackdown on metal theft

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Police in Gwent have arrested 862 people in connection with metal theft offences in the past 16 months- as the ongoing countrywide effort to crack down on the crime gathers pace.

Officers have now stopped 21 942 vehicles in a force-wide drive against metal thefts which began in April 2011.

Approximately 70 van loads of scrap metal have also been seized by officers in this 16

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