Hunt for the speed camera arsonists: Police chase pair who doused pole in flammable liquid then set it on fire before fleeing
Police are looking for two people who doused a speed camera with flammable liquid before setting it on fire and driving away.
Dramatic CCTV footage shows the pair setting fire to the pole in front of the camera on the A10 near Setchey, Norfolk, on Saturday morning.
The video, posted on Facebooksees a black car pull over to the side of the road before two hooded thugs exit the vehicle and attach a large ring to the pole.
They then begin dousing the ring in flammable liquid before brutally setting it on fire to start a massive fire as traffic drives by.
The pair then get back into their car and drive onto the road as other motorists swerve to avoid them.
The speed camera is seen on fire after two people set it on fire on the A10 near Setchey in Norfolk
Dramatic CCTV footage shows the pair setting fire to the pole in front of the camera before driving away
This was said by a resident who lives near the site of the incident GB News: ‘They were quite brutal about it. But I don’t think they put it out of action… They just scorched the paint!’
Social media users also criticized the pair, with one writing: ‘Not the sharpest tool in the toolbox. They were almost run over and set their car and themselves on fire. Idiots!’
A spokesperson for Norfolk Constabulary said: ‘Police were called to the A10 at Setchey at 7.23am on Saturday 8 June to reports of a man and a woman setting fire to a speed camera.
‘Officers arrived on the scene, together with the fire brigade. No one was injured.
“The incident is being treated as arson… Investigations are ongoing.”
