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