Britain's £800 million tool theft epidemic is fueling Russia's war in Ukraine, as stolen high-tech Leica surveying equipment, worth up to £70,000 each, is smuggled to Putin’s forces, posing a major national security threat Putin's soldiers have been using tools nicked from British tradies (Image: Getty Images)

Britain’s rampant tool theft epidemic which costs our tradies about £800 million every year, is apprently aiding Russia ’s war efforts in Ukraine , according t reports ‌

High-tech surveying equipment, stolen from UK construction sites, is being smuggled to sanctions-hit Russia and used by Vladimir Putin ’s forces, an investigation by The Sun has revealed. ‌

Laser-guided 3D Leica surveying tools, worth up to £70,000 each, are among the items suspected to be su

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