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A lorry driver who raised alarm about a trio of thieves has helped the police to arrest four individuals in connection with attempted cargo theft, reports <a href="https://www.expressandstar.com/news/crime/2023/02/01/four-arrests-after-attempted-thefts-from-hgvs/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Express and Star</a>.

Lorry driver helps police arrest cargo thieves targeting trailiers at motorway services

A Doncaster man has gone to his local newspaper to express his disappointment over lorry drivers littering his local area with bottles of urine. The man also claims that he was “dumbfounded" to witness the sight of a trucker nonchalantly urinating out of his cabin window. 

Doncaster man irked by HGV drivers’ discarded urine bottles, says trucker urinated out his cabin

The seemingly insatiable appetite of the Lithuanian road transport industry for non-EU and EEA lorry drivers has been laid bare in official data <a href="https://uzt.lt/naujienos/8/uzsienieciams-isduota-maziau-leidimu-dirbti:152?__cf_chl_tk=PphHEaXErnF5.zTdj.6RoFTiOHyQSoqMN7JiN8WE85I-1675330653-0-gaNycGzNB9E" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">recently published by the country's Employment Office</a>.

Almost 80% of Lithuania’s 3rd-country work permits went to HGV drivers in 2022

A Brazilian HGV driver resident in Lisbon is said to be distraught after having unknowingly transported four migrants into the UK. Media reports in Portugal state that the driver maintains his innocence and is devastated at being cut off from his wife, who is 6 months pregnant.

Lisbon-based HGV driver in custody in UK for transporting clandestine migrants

Figures shared by road toll operator Viapass have shown that the number of kilometres covered by lorries in 2022 fell for the first time in Belgium since the company began recording the data.

Toll data shows fall in truck mileage in Belgium for 1st time since records began

International road transport company Boekestijn Transport has continued its rapid fleet growth by ordering 500 Mercedes-Benz Actros trucks.

Dutch haulier Boekestijn Transport orders 500 Mercedes-Benz Actros trucks

In today's Last Mile Brief, we bring you news of union anger in Poland over competition between two state-owned parcel delivery companies. We also have reports of yet more EV deployment around the world, as well as UPS' Q4 financial results.

Last Mile Brief 01/02/2023: Polish unions angered by competition between state-owned parcel delivery operators

Spain's Civil Guard and the Catalonia police have arrested a haulier who had been forcing drivers to use hacked tachographs and continually break drivers' hours rules. 

Rogue haulier arrested in Spain over serial tachograph fraud and labour violations

Although the lorry driving profession doesn't always enjoy the greatest press, there are of course many truckers that love what they do. One such individual appears to be Adam Mctasney, an ex-Royal Logistics Corps employee whose Instagram page covering his European trucking experiences has amassed over 500,000 followers. 

Gregor Gowans