Thousands of pounds worth of tools, stolen in minutes: ITV News investigates how it’s impacting trades people’s mental health.
This year alone, the police recovered half a million pounds of tools at just two bootsales- the tool theft crime wave is out of control. But trades people are fighting back! Is the government doing enough to support them?
In Theft Gangs Part 2: Stolen Tools, ITV News reporter Antoine Allen investigates the hidden black market for stolen tools — where rogue traders at car boot sales profit off the misery of Britain’s tradespeople. Antoine joins the two tradespeople tracking down the thieves and exposing the gangs. With exclusive access to police raids, shocking footage of brazen daytime thefts, and heart-wrenching interviews with victims who’ve lost everything, this documentary exposes how organised criminal gangs are stealing tools to order and leaving tradespeople facing mental health struggles — even suicide.
Meet the builders, electricians, and plumbers fighting back — and risking it all to stop the trade in stolen tools.
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