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British Transport Police are calling for tougher powers to tackle the growing problem of metal theft.
There have been more than 5,000 such thefts from the railways and the gas and electricity networks this year.
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The last two years have seen the price of refined copper more than double.
At the end of 2008 it was selling it at a low of less than £2,000 a tonne, but by earlier this month it had reached more than £5,000.
It's the damage that they cause to the community in general that annoys me the most.It seems odd to me that they haven't done more before this to chase/target the dodgy scrap dealers.Simple things like CCTV and the use of photo ID would appear to be obvious to me..
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Re: Police call for more powers to tackle metal thefts
On a smaller scale we had 22 "brass effect" door knockers ripped off brand new doors we had just installed .The doors retail at about 12-1500 quid each and they all need new slabs ,and the knockers aren't even brass
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Around here part of a gang (mostly youngsters) were caught after stealing lead flashing from garages and outhouses, metal gates, garden ornaments and railings. An old statue in a park was also sawn off at the feet....
The ringleaders, guys with vans, got away.... but they'll be back I'm sure.
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