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Dozens of smashed police vehicles line scrapyard with wall of wrecks stacked four high

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Folker, R. (2026, September 21). Dozens of smashed police vehicles line scrapyard with wall of wrecks stacked four high. Daily Mail. https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16147091/smashed-police-vehicles-scrapyard.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

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Daily Mail · collected 2026-09-21 · by Robert Folker

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Dozens of severely damaged police vehicles, including around 64 that would have cost approximately £2.5 million when new, are lined up in a scrapyard in Oxfordshire. The wrecked cars, mostly Metropolitan Police units with missing windows and doors or smashed parts, are stacked four high at ASM Auto Recycling in Thame.
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Dozens of smashed-up police vehicles are piled up in a scrapyard in Thame, Oxfordshire, where they form a two-vehicle-thick wall stacked four high. The 64 damaged Metropolitan Police cars, which originally cost around £2.5 million combined, are now at ASM Auto Recycling for dismantling and recycling. Many of the vehicles have lost windows and doors or suffer from smashed bonnets and bumpers. Additionally, the site includes police vans among its inventory of scrapped vehicles. The 20-acre facility specializes in taking apart cars that cannot be repaired, with giant JCB machines used to separate parts into piles for recycling. ASM Auto Recycling recycles 95% of materials from each car and holds more than 100,000 recycled vehicle parts.

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ASM Auto Recycling Daily Mail Metropolitan Police Oxfordshire Thame

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- See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred Source Dozens of smashed-up police cars have been spotted piled up four vehicles high at a scrapyard in Oxfordshire. Around 64 police cars, which would have cost around £2.5 million when new, have been spotted stacked up at ASM Auto Recycling in Thame. The two-vehicle-thick wall of police cars, which are all smashed and damaged, is stacked up four vehicles high.
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🔮 - See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred Source Dozens of smashed-up police cars have been spotted piled up four vehicles high at a scrapyard in Oxfordshire. Around 64 police cars, which would have cost around £2.5 million when new, have been spotted stacked up at ASM Auto Recycling in Thame. The two-vehicle-thick wall of police cars, which are all smashed and damaged, is stacked up four vehicles high.

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- See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred Source Dozens of smashed-up police cars have been spotted piled up four vehicles high at a scrapyard in Oxfordshire. Around 64 police cars, which would have cost around £2.5 million when new, have been spotted stacked up at ASM Auto Recycling in Thame. The two-vehicle-thick wall of police cars, which are all smashed and damaged, is stacked up four vehicles high. asserted
which → see → cars
Many of the ruined Metropolitan Police cars have lost their windows and doors, while others have smashed bonnets and bumpers. asserted
others → ruin → bonnets
The 20-acre site, which specialises in dismantling vehicles which have been involved in accidents and cannot be repaired, also features a number of police vans. asserted
which → specialise → vans
Giant JCBs at the impressive plant use pincers to rip apart the scrap cars and separate the different vehicle parts into piles, which are then taken away and recycled. asserted
which → use → piles
The huge operation recycles 95 per cent of the materials from every car it scraps and holds more than 100,000 recycled vehicle parts. asserted
it → recycle → parts
The Daily Mail has approached the Metropolitan Police for comment. asserted
Mail → approach → comment
Around 64 cop cars, which would have cost around £2.5 million when new, have been spotted stacked up at ASM Auto Recycling in Thame The two-vehicle-thick wall of police cars, which are all smashed and damaged, is stacked up four vehicles high Many of the ruined Metropolitan police cars have lost their windows and doors, while others have smashed bonnets and bumpers asserted
others → cost → bonnets
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