Macdonald asked if the police had any reason to believe that the railway was used by the operators of these rackets: the reply was that the police believed the gang were not local thieves: that while several men co-operated in spotting and reporting on movements of vehicles, it was probable that some of them did use the railway, especially as Reading Station had an unrivalled variety of routes at the disposal of men who wanted a choice of getaways.
“We shall get ’em sooner or later,” said the philosophic inspector. “What we really want to do is to get the chaps who’re organising the business, not merely the tough who moves the lorry. In my belief there’s a number of youngsters employed to shift the stuff, and there must be a depot somewhere or other where the loot’s stored. All the same,
