These photographs show the moment a smartly-dressed man was caught in the act stealing sandbags from a 60 metre wall protecting homes from rising floodwaters.
The barrier, constructed by the Navy in Datchet, Berkshire, has been targeted four times in recent days, prompting residents to take action.
The thieving has been so rife that entire sections of the wall have had to be rebuilt.
Residents have formed a home guard vigilante group to monitor the barrier, with a rota round the clock of two hour shifts, to curb the stealing.
The sandbags were put up by the Navy because of fears that a nearby wall holding back powerful flood waters could soon give way.
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