Royal Mail confirms one of its workers has left the company following incident in Enfield Wash

*Dumped mailbags found at Kettering Road Estate in Enfield Wash*

A Royal Mail postal worker has “left the business” after at least seven mailbags of undelivered post were dumped at a housing estate.

A resident of Kettering Road Estate, Mark Bellas, first raised the alarm in December after the estate’s caretakers told him they had found mailbags dumped inside communal bins. While some were sent for incineration, other bags were retrieved and were found to contain post addressed to homes in Walthamstow.

Complaints to Royal Mail went unanswered at first, but two weeks after an article about the mysterious mailbags appeared on the Dispatch website, a spokesperson responded on Monday (16th) to say that one of its employees had been behaving in an “unacceptable” way.

The spokesperson said: “The security of customers’ mail is a high priority for Royal Mail. We have investigated this incident and identified an employee who was behaving in an unacceptable manner.

“The employee has left the business. We are working hard to make sure that all affected post is redelivered as soon as possible. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.”

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