Met Police figures reveal 510 Ulez camera-related crime reports during five months this year.
London Mayor Sadiq Khan expanded Ulez across all of the capital's boroughs on 29 AugustAt least 510 Ulez cameras were stolen or vandalised between 1 April and the end of August this year, figures from the Metropolitan Police show.
The force is dedicating a "significant amount" of resources to tackling Ulez camera-related crime, Met Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley has said. Two arrests have been made so far, with one person charged and released on bail and the other case discontinued.The ultra-low emission charging zone was expanded on 29 August to include outer London, with cameras installed to enforce it.
Drivers must pay a charge of £12.50 per day to drive a non-compliant vehicle anywhere in the zone under the controversial clean-air plan. The Met commissioner said of the figures: "Clearly this is quite serious damage it adds up to in terms of property and that is the basis [on which] we judge it.
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