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Police crackdown on metal theft locally

New measures to combat metal theft locally are introduced today

Operation Tornado is being launched after being trialled successfully in the North East of the country.

Metal theft is estimated to cost the UK approximately £1billion a year,

Operation Tornado makes it easier to trace sellers of stolen metal through an identification scheme,

In the South West, the operation will see cross-border collaboration between the forces.

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