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Gwent police sell crime-fighting tuk-tuks after two years at £28,000 loss

Gwent Police sold four tuk-tuks bought for £39,744 under the Home Office Safer Streets fund for less than purchase price before the 2024 PCC election.

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They were bought to fight crime on the streets - but after two years were sold for only £6k.

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Police sell tuk-tuks at a loss of nearly £30k just two years after official arrival

Police have sold their fleet of tuk-tuks just two years after putting them on the roads.

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Gwent police sell crime-fighting tuk-tuks after two years at £28,000 loss

They were bought to fight crime on the streets - but after two years were sold for only £6k.

·United Kingdom
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