A man from London has been arrested in connection with a fraudulent device that was fitted to a cash machine in Bushey (From This Is Local London)

Deport him.

Should that be Kingsbury? Of course it would be useful to know which machine has been targeted so that anyone who uses machines in Bushey High Street could either contact their bank to check out their account or be reassurred that they should be ok.

Taken from this paper a few months back.....



The rising number of foreign nationals committing crimes in Hertfordshire is placing an increased strain on the county's police force, officers have warned.

By the end of the financial year police say they will have arrested more than 3,200 foreign visitors, some 10.7 per cent of the total recorded arrests.

The amount spent on interpreters is expected to surpass £380,000, a jump of more than 60 per cent in only three years.
PC Voya Mihailovic, a spokesman for the Hertfordshire Police Federation, says the rise in the number of foreign nationals dealt with by his officers is beginning to cause real problems, eating up an ever-increasing amount of time and money.

He said: "It's certainly a good time to be an interpreter.

"It's important that the people we arrest understand what we're saying and what they are being charged with because the courts demand it.

"Unfortunately these interpreters cost a lot of money and are not always available."
Reliable figures for the number of foreign nationals living in the area are not available; with the county council having no idea and district councils only keeping records of people registered to work and pay Council Tax.

Watford Borough Council say there are roughly 500 foreign nationals registered with them.

But whatever the true figure, it seems they are keeping police increasingly busy.

PC Mihailovic argues that rises are no surprise because the proceeds of crime are far higher - a trend that has led to a disproportionately large criminal fraternity in many communities.

He added: "Crime in Hertfordshire is worth a lot more than in the countries they've come from so it makes sense for them to come here.

"It's best to see it like this: a shop-lifting ring in Watford is far more profitable than one in Krakow."

Figures obtained by the Watford Observer reveal a rise in the number of foreign arrests of six per cent in as many years, with Poles (25 per cent), Chinese (13 per cent), Bulgarians and Romanians (both 12 per cent) the most likely to see the inside of a cell
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