How tradies are paying mafia-style ‘protection cash’ to stop kids from stealing tools & selling them at car boots

How tradies are paying mafia-style ‘protection cash’ to stop kids from stealing tools & selling them at car boots

IT is renowned for being a “criminal cesspit” where stolen tradespeople’s tools worth hundreds of pounds each are being sold for just £20 a pop. Laid out on blue tarpaulin for all to see, expensive drills and equipment are being flogged for rock-bottom prices. These brazen stalls at the Hounslow Heath Car Boot Sale in… Published: [#item_custom_pubDate]

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