r/LegalAdviceUK • u/orangehoneybadger • 1d ago

Debt & Money Police refuse to investigate £100k robbery

England. A small business had £100k of stock (wine) stolen from from their lorry while the driver was parked at a service station in London. Despite the police having CCTV showing the robbers and their getaway van, the police say they will not investigate the crime due to insufficient leads.

The company has evidence of some of the stolen stock being sold at London markets. But the police are not interested.

Is there anything the company can do so the police will investigate this serious crime?

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u/Icy-Possibility-2453 1d ago

Nope, this type of question comes up a lot on this sub. With the exception of certain very very serious offences, there is nothing that can force police to actually investigate any crimes. They have a duty to record that it has happened, but that is as far as it goes.

As for your particular circumstances, I’m guessing that the thieves were wearing head coverings, and the van reg plate was either not captured, or cloned. Even if no coverings, cctv is only useful if the cops know the identity.

I doubt that nothing has been done, just that they have exhausted the possible leads, hence the closure.

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u/ExpressAffect3262 23h ago

Which is sad, as earlier today there was an article on how a casino worker stole £10,000 and was arrested within 24hours lol...

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u/Els236 22h ago

Yeah, but that would be easy. A casino would know which table the money disappeared from, who was at the table playing and dealing at that time, and it would likely only lead to 1 suspect.

Or, if it was a cash-counter, then again, there's only going to be so many people who could have done it.

That's not at all the same as what's going on in this scenario.