{"id":666467,"date":"2026-06-30T17:54:23","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T17:54:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/666467\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T17:54:23","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T17:54:23","slug":"bulford-fly-tippers-vehicle-seized-crushed-and-recycled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/666467\/","title":{"rendered":"Bulford fly-tipper&#8217;s vehicle seized, crushed and recycled"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  The vehicle, destroyed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.salisburyjournal.co.uk\/topics\/wiltshire-council\/?ref=au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Wiltshire Council<\/a>, was involved in a dumping offence after CCTV captured it unloading plastic pipes on a public right of way in Bulford on May 11.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The individual responsible was issued a \u00a31,000 fixed penalty notice, which remains unpaid, and the vehicle was subsequently forfeited after the driver failed to prove ownership within 15 days.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Cllr Martin Smith, cabinet member for highways, said: &#8220;We always look to reuse or recycle seized vehicles where possible, but this one had done more than 215,000 miles and was not in a fit state to resell, so it has now been crushed as a clear warning to anyone thinking of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wiltshire.gov.uk\/fly-tipping?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">fly-tipping in Wiltshire.<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>Fly-tipping vehicle crushed in symbol against crime (Image: Wiltshire Council)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;This action is designed to send a strong message \u2013 offenders risk not only fines, but also losing their vehicles.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The vehicle was displayed outside County Hall in Trowbridge before being crushed and recycled.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Mr Smith said the incident was part of the council&#8217;s wider efforts to combat illegal dumping.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  He said: &#8220;We will not tolerate it and will continue to use every tool available \u2013 including CCTV, fines and vehicle seizures \u2013 to crack down on offenders.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The vehicle, destroyed by Wiltshire Council, was involved in a dumping offence after CCTV captured it unloading plastic&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":666468,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1397,90,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-666467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/666467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=666467"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/666467\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/666468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=666467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=666467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=666467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}