Young plumber almost put out of business by tool thieves
Young plumber almost put out of business by tool thieves By Neil Shaw | Posted: July 14, 2017 www.devonlive.com A 22-year-old plumber who has been in business for a year says he was almost forced to stop work after thieves raided his van and stole £1,700 of power tools. The man, who has asked not to be named, has been able to carry on work after borrowing tools from friends. His white Citroen Berlingo van was raided over night in Hogarth Walk, Elburton on Tuesday or Wednesday. He said: "My passenger door at the front was damaged. They'd knocked the lock through to create a hole and put their fingers through to lift the latch, opening the central locking. "They could only access through the side door as I'd backed my van up against my mum's car so they couldn't open the rear doors." Once inside the thieves targeted a large number of items which were held in three 'Tough System' boxes and four T-stack boxes made by DeWa
