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🚨 BBC Morning Live’s Southall fly-tipping investigation continues - and this time, reporter Mobeen Azhar caught someone in the act. During a nighttime stakeout in Southall, the BBC team filmed a man using a shopping trolley to dump cardboard boxes, crates and other waste at a street corner near a local shop. When Mobeen approached, the man retreated into a nearby shop - King’s Express on the same street. Mobeen then spoke with a shopkeeper outside the store, who denied that the man worked there or that the trolley belonged to the business, saying the man was a stranger who had simply “borrowed” the trolley. However, the BBC pointed out that the packaging dumped on the street - including boxes of apples and pears - matched the produce being sold inside King’s Express. Mobeen concluded the segment by noting how unlikely it would be that a stranger would borrow a shop’s trolley, fill it with the shop’s own waste, dump it nearby, and return the trolley to the store. The shop has not been accused of any criminal offence and Ealing Council has not commented publicly on this specific case. If you’ve seen fly-tipping in your area, report it at ealing.gov.uk/report-fly-tip…. Photos and location details speed up enforcement. The council can issue fixed penalty notices of up to £400, and fly-tipping is a criminal offence carrying up to 5 years in prison for serious cases. 🎥 Source: BBC One Morning Live #UB1UB2 #London #Southall #Ealing #FlyTipping