Investigators from Kirklees Council traced a man who had been using some of the area’s most beautiful countryside as a place to dump waste he had been paid to dispose of.
Bilal Ata Alfroh, 21, was prosecuted after officials cross referenced his registration plate from one incident with evidence from another and discovered he was working as an odd job and removal man
On 24 April 2020, a witness spotted a man in a white van throw a duvet into a gully off Wessenden Head Road in Meltham.
The witness was able to take down the van’s number plate along with a description of the individual, and reported the incident to the council. Using the information provided, officers were able to track the vehicle down to Alfroh.
A month later, council investigators were called to the A635 Greenfield Road near Saddleworth Moor, usually a popular beauty spot for walkers, to investigate a large fly tip.
Amongst the rubbish investigators found several items linking the waste to Leo’s…
