A businessman who has lost thousands of pounds through credit card fraud has been told police cannot make an arrest as it would be "too expensive".

The refusal to act decisively came despite the owner of Builditshop supplying the name, address and location of the criminal and the timing of the next delivery of materials paid for by the stolen credit card. When Justin Bird, owner of Builditshop, warned police he may attend the delivery himself and try to reclaim his stolen goods the detective sergeant from Waltham Forest, London, replied "give me a break" and put the phone down.

A complaint has been submitted to the Metropolitan Police. Mr Bird said: "We had already made £4,000 of deliveries before we discovered the credit card had been stolen or cloned. "The individual behind it has now asked for a...Read more here---> Card fraud arrest 'too expensive' for police - Telegraph