VANDALS have chopped down a police camera mast in Derry after attacking the metal base.
The Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) was erected Creggan Road leading into Creggan estate earlier this month by a Belfast based firm.
But not long after it was put up than vandals felled it with what is believed to have been an angle grinder.
Chief Inspector Clive Beatty said: “Police are investigating criminal damage caused to an Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) camera on Creggan Road in Derry.
“The damaged camera was discovered by officers on routine patrol during the early hours of Sunday, March 21.
“Enquiries into this incident are ongoing, and I would ask anyone with information to get in touch with us.”
CI Beatty added: ““ANPR cameras are important to police in keeping people safe from crime.
“They are in place to detect and deter motoring offences and the activities of criminals.
“We are committed to maintaining a system that ensures that people in all parts of Northern Ireland have the same protection from the activities of criminals and motoring offenders.”
Anyone with information is asked to call 101 and quote reference number 212 of 21/03/21.
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