A man has been fined for dumping rubbish in Salford more than 170 miles away from his home in Bristol.
In April Tat Ly Lay, 38, was spotted on CCTV on Thurlow Street in Weaste dumpping rubbish out of the back of a Nissan Micra.
Environmental crime officers launched an investigation and found cardboard, a cooker, a cooker hood and other controlled waste.
They traced the rubbish back to Mr Tat Ly Lay, whose registered home address is in Bristol.
He pleaded guilty at Manchester Magistrates Court on Wednesday 24 August to not disposing of his waste correctly and was fined £420 and made to pay costs of £1,039.
In interview he told officers we was the landlord of a property in Eccles and emptied the car illegally because he believed the tip would not be open on a Saturday.
He added he took full responsibility as his wife was the passenger and had urged him not to do it: “Obviously if I’d listened to her I wouldn’t be in this mess now,” he reportedly said.
Councillor David Lancaster, Lead Member for Environment and Community Safety at Salford City Council, said: “We have four tips in the city and they are all open seven days a week for people to get rid of their rubbish.
“It is quite simple – anyone who chooses to dump illegally will be prosecuted.”
Salford City Council’s Operation Pandora cracks down on flytippers crack down on flytippers through use of CCTV, mobile patrols and using evidence from members of the public.
40 offenders have been prosecuted so far, resulting in fines, costs and compensation of more than £41,000.
