Shampoo thieves make clean get away
THIEVES have made a clean get away after a thousand boxes of shampoo were stolen from the back of a lorry in Ross-on-Wye.
A white ERF tractor unit with a curtained-sided trailer was en route from Scunthorpe to South Wales with a load of shampoo and other hair products.
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The driver pulled up in the VOSA lay-by on the A40 at Ross to sleep overnight in the cab.
Between 7pm on Wednesday November 18 and 3.30am on Thursday November 19, thieves cut two large holes in the side of the curtain, removing around 1,000 boxes of assorted L'Oreal hair products, valued at tens of thousands of pounds.
Police believe at least a large van or small truck would have been needed to take the stolen property away from the scene.
Anyone with information is urged to call PC Dan Pilkington at Ross Police Station on 0300 333 3000 or call Crimestoppers on 0800 555111 as soon as possible.
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by Tim O'Tea, Barnwood
Friday, November 27 2009, 6:04PM
“Police say it was hair one minute and gone the next”
by Keith Richards, Lydney
Thursday, November 26 2009, 9:33PM
“Why do blondes use so much shampoo? The instructions read: LATHER, RINSE, REPEAT
Cheers keef”
by THE FAMOUS FOREST BOY, GLOS
Thursday, November 26 2009, 9:23PM
“SOMEBODY SAID THEY DROVE OVER A RABBIT ON THERE ESCAPE AND KILLED IT-THEY POURED SHAMPOO OVER IT,THEN THE RABBIT GOT UP AND RAN AWAY MOVING HIS HAND FROM SIDE TO SIDE ABOVE HIS HEAD,WHATS THAT IN THE BOTTLE THEY SAID..HAIR RESTORER WITH PERMANENT WAVE...”
by dickie dens disco, glos
Thursday, November 26 2009, 9:16PM
“did they wash&go....”
by Aye Aye, glos
Thursday, November 26 2009, 9:15PM
“Let's see how many people from *ahem* in Churchdown walk around with clean hair...for once!”
by Tom, Glos
Thursday, November 26 2009, 8:41PM
“Yea that one has already been done Stan you sad plank!!”
by Roger, Brockworth
Thursday, November 26 2009, 8:38PM
“Stan, sorry mate that one's already been done - wash your mouth out with soap 'n water!”
by stan, quedgeley
Thursday, November 26 2009, 7:45PM
“Well all i can say is he is head and shoulders above the lot of you cheltenham chavs.”
by head-lines, cheltenham
Thursday, November 26 2009, 7:41PM
“Shampoo thieves make clean getaway. Real poo thieves don't.
What a shower! Couldn't even manage to have a brush with the law.”
by Sandra, Gloucester
Thursday, November 26 2009, 7:15PM
“If the thief gets caught and goes to court maybe he'll get a conditioner discharge .........”