[Mark T]

Hello - Ive just joined and need some help.

All our neighbourhood lost their cable supply last week at it seems that it was due to some idiot stealing the cable feed to sell for its copper. Seemingly about 2,000 homes were affected.

I'm a insurance surveyor and remember that at a recent ABI meeting, we had a cop come to speak to us about new products. He talked alot about a new method of marking cable which they throught was great because he said the problem was they could find the stolen cable in a scrap yard but couldn't do anything because they couldn't prove it was stolen. This stuff changed all that because the theives couldn't burn it off.

But I can't remember its name!!! I want to tell VM about it because they said that BT, the Railways etc were already using it and it had reduced their thefts.

All I can remember - I was with somebody and wasn't paying that much attention at this point - is that it's a liquid, glows yellow under UV and contains a 'forensic fingerprint'(?) that can't be removed by the theives.

Can anybody point me in the right direction please?

Thanks


Phil