Truck crushed in crackdown on fly-tipping
A truck used to dump rubbish on a Wolverhampton street has been seized and crushed in a crackdown on fly-tipping across the city.
The driver of the blue Ford Transit flatbed van was spotted on CCTV leaving a huge mound of waste, including furniture and a carpet, on land off Millfields Road, Ettingshall, in May last year.
Using the vehicle's registration plate, environmental crime officers used DVLA records to identify Colin Fullard, of Glyn Avenue in Bilston, as the owner.
At Dudley Magistrates Court, he pleaded guilty to one charge of fly-tipping and was fined £4,626.40, handed a 12-month community order to complete 135 hours of unpaid work.
City of Wolverhampton Council has implemented the use of a drone and CCTV cameras in its attempts to tackle fly-tipping.
In January, the local authority also increased the Fixed Penalty Notice fine for fly-tipping from £400 to £1,000.
Councillor Bhupinder Gakhal said: "Fly-tipping can cost local taxpayers up to £500,000 a year and we will not tolerate it.
"We use all the powers at our disposal and will not hesitate to destroy the vehicles of those who use Wolverhampton as a dumping ground. We will not stand by and allow these criminals to spoil our city."
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