A PORTABLE loo firm had a stinker — after £40,000 worth of its toilets were nicked.
The 40 cubicles were nabbed in the night from a field after being hired for a motor racing event.
£40k worth of toilet cubicles were nabbed from a field after being hired for a motor racing event
The raiders are believed to have cut a padlock and used a Ford Transit van to take the loos — made by Plastic Solutions — in multiple trips.
Neil Griffiths, 53, said the heist has put a strain on his Three Counties Toilet Hire firm.
He said: “We’re a family business. This could finish us.
“It’s a quarter of our stock and they were all new toilets.
“It’s going to be almost impossible to get them back, so I want to make these loos too hot to handle.”
The firm hired out the cubicles to Ludlow Autograss Club in Pencombe, Herefordshire, two weeks ago.
They were left in a secure field at the site while Mr Griffiths went away on holiday.
He discovered the theft yesterday.
The loo boss, of Great Malvern, Worcs, said: “I was speaking to the guy who runs the club and he said, ‘You’ve picked your toilets up then?’.
“I said, ‘No I haven’t’. They were there last Monday but gone by Friday.
“A farmer saw a Ford Transit leaving the area.”
Police say they have nothing to go on.
Mr Griffiths added: “It’s looking bleak.”
His son Kieran, 26, said: “It’s going to take us years to get that money back.”
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