08/04/11…….Thieves target lorry travelling on M40

THAMES Valley Police is appealing for information to a robbery where thieves targeted a lorry as it was travelling along the M40 last night (7/4).

As the lorry was travelling northbound along the motorway at about 11.30pm towards High Wycombe it was flashed by a dark-coloured BMW between junctions 2 and 3.

The driver of the lorry pulled over, thinking it was a police car, and a man with a high-visibility jacket and cap got out of the car and approached the cab.

At the same time, another man wearing a mask entered the cab of the lorry from the passenger?s side and forced the driver into the back of the cab.

The driver was then tied-up and blindfolded, and what is thought to be three men got into the cab and drove the vehicle to Willets Lane in Denham, where they unhooked the trailer, containing high-value computers, and drove away with it.

The driver managed to get free and made his way to a nearby house where he alerted police at 12.48am this morning (8/4).

Det Sgt Pete Collett said: ?I would like to speak to anyone who was travelling along the M40 last night who may have seen a Volvo arctic lorry towing a white, unmarked trailer, being pulled over by a dark-coloured BMW with a blue light.

?Or anyone who was in the Willets Lane area who may have seen the men unhooking the trailer and driving away from the area with another lorry.?

Anyone with information should contact Det Con Mohammed Rashid via the 24-hour Thames Valley Police Enquiry Line on 0845 8 505 505. Alternatively, you can contact the Crimestoppers charity anonymously on 0800 555 111.