Conman alert
October 1st 2011 Fork lift truck batteries worth many
thousands of pounds are being
brazenly stolen right under
companies' noses, often in broad
daylight, a UK industry body has
warned.
The Fork Lift Truck
Association sounded the
urgent alert to all users of
electric-powered fork
lifts, after suddenly
receiving a spate of
confirmed reports about
companies
being tricked
into parting with the highly valuable
lead-acid batteries, by criminals
posing as engineers.
In one case, in the North of
England, thieves even convinced a
company to use its own fork lift truck
to help load the batteries into their
van, before driving away, never to be
seen again.
Similar incidents are being reported
across the UK,
as the scrap value
of the heavy traction
batteries, weighing up to 2,500kg each,
approaches £500 per tonne. More articles from The Fork Lift Truck Association: | 
