Essex Roads Deliberately Booby Trapped
Roads in Essex are being deliberately booby trapped with concrete blocks, wood and barbed wire, police are warning. The obstacles have been left on unlit sections of road and have already caused thousands of pounds' worth of damage to four cars and a bus.
According to officers, there have been nine incidents reported in the area of Tiptree, southwest of Colchester, in just over a week.
Chief Inspector Nick Lee said: "The first couple of reports of items found were thought to be debris that had fallen in the road, but it is now clear that there has been a pattern to these incidents and the items have been deliberately placed in the road with the intention of causing danger to motorists.
"We have been very fortunate so far that no motorists or other road users have been inju...