Fake HS2 official targeting farms
Bogus callers posing as HS2 officials have been targeting farms in Staffordshire.
The police have received reports of at least two 'workers' calling at properties in Lichfield, where the route will cut through swathes of countryside, demanding access to land.
They are alleged to have approached farms in ‘old’ cars with stickers on them while wearing high visibility jackets and hard hats.
The incidents were referred on to police by the National Farmers Union (NFU) which stated the culprits could be targeting farms for a number of reasons.
Spokesman Oliver Cartwright told the Express & Star: "It is difficult to speculate what their motives are. This could be used as a way to gain intelligence on the business.
"It could just be opportunists seeing what is around worth stealing.
