Car clampers get ex-Gurkha 'help'

Clampers are to get help from former Gurkhas

Former soldiers from the Gurkha Brigade are providing security for Belfast clampers, it has been revealed.

A security firm which uses ex-Gurkhas has men accompanying clamping teams in Belfast to advise on safety. They were on the Falls and Shankill on Wednesday.

NCP's Tim Cowen told the BBC's Nolan Show that Operation Nepal was targeting areas where there was a high level of road tax evasion.

"If a situation becomes dangerous for staff then we will withdraw," he said.

He said that the operation would be moved around Northern Ireland and that they had sought expert help to make sure they could get untaxed cars, but without putting their staff at risk.

Mr Cowen said that the company had used the firm, Folkestone-based Everest Security, in other parts of the UK where they felt there was a possible danger to enforcement staff.