Use of Farm Buildings For Criminality

20/10/2025
About 9 Alert 9 Use of Farm Buildings For Criminality

Dear {FIRST_NAME}

 

SPARC (Scottish Partnership Against Rural Crime) would like to raise awareness of the use of farm buildings, sheds and workshops that are being rented by criminals to facilitate criminal activity often without the property owners knowledge of what the spaces are actually being used for.

 

Examples of this are:

  • Illicit ‘chop shops’ for stolen vehicles.
  • Storage of stolen good and vehicles before they are shipped on.
  • Cannabis factories.
  • Please see the attached leaflet with some tips to help you protect your homes and businesses from this type of exploitation.

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