Thefts of parcels left in communal mailing areas in Leeds has become a “prolific” issue.
The areas where deliveries from the likes of Amazon and ASOS are left are being broken into and ransacked on an increasingly frequent basis, a member of Leeds City Council has said. Councillor Paul Wray said that it was an “extensive issue” and that there was “a collection” of people targeting the buildings. Coun Wray said: “A few do it on a regular basis. I know one of the building operators who said that one of them was carrying a tool kit around with him.
Coun Wray said: “The communal areas haven’t been designed to deal with that level of deliveries and are not designed to be overly secure. 'We have raised questions on how planning policies can be future proof to prevent this because the trend of buying from home is not going to change.” Coun Wray said that Leeds City Council is working with police to combat the issue and that it has been raised nationally by Leeds Central MP Hilary Benn.
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