Thieves steal plane fuselage and ship's anchor from MoD

[papa_smurf]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12857903

Not content with scrapping a whole lot of our armed forces, now it seems it cant keep whats left safe.

A plane fuselage, a ship's anchor and a clarinet are among items which have been stolen from the Ministry of Defence since May.
Guns, a bridge and Army ration packs also went missing. In total, goods worth nearly £700,000 were taken in the UK.

A BRIDGE?!?!, how do you lose a bridge?

[Vendor]

WTF,Not good at all that stuff "disappear"

[Hottentot]

Originally Posted by papa_smurf

A BRIDGE?!?!, how do you lose a bridge?

I would be more interested in knowing how do you steal one. I can't help thinking all those cartoon shows where the caricature thieves have those shiny magic bags and they just put stuff in them without worrying about, I don't know, laws of physics or something.

Edit: come to think of it, the whole thing looks like some stereotyped cleptomaniac cartoon characters' work. "Hey Bob, look what I found! A freaking anchor! I'm going to hang this on my wall!" "Cool, dude, and check this out. I've always wanted to learn playing clarinet!"

[Tribesman]

I would be more interested in knowing how do you steal one.

A yellow jacket and a flashing light is all thats really needed while you load it up in broad daylight.

[Betonov]

Originally Posted by Tribesman

A yellow jacket and a flashing light is all thats really needed while you load it up in broad daylight.

One of those news kiosks was stolen this way. It was closed on sunday and a truck came, some people loaded it up on the truck (the kiosks are made like small containers, they have a hook on the top for loading) and drove off. It wasnt until the next day that the owner reported the theft when he didn't find the kiosk at it's place. It was found in an abandoned warehouse. torn open stripped of everything.

Yes, you only need a yellow jacket, everyone will think you're just a serviceman

[Hottentot]

I once heard of some people stealing a train. I was pretty impressed, until I later learned that some other gang had stolen railroad tracks. Back then I was even more impressed. But this...this is even better.

[Tribesman]

It was closed on sunday and a truck came, some people loaded it up on the truck

Seen it done when someone has only gone for their tea break

Yes, you only need a yellow jacket, everyone will think you're just a serviceman

If you have enough front its possible to get the people working there to help you load up the goods being stolen,.
Its amazing what people will steal, normaly it isn't the whole bridge but just the guardrails.
Though I know a crowd who while over in Britain working the roads went out and stole a whole roadworks set up from a large motorway resurfacing project during the night, the signs, barriers, lights, traffic cones the lot...
Bit of a bugger for the first poor driver who would have found himself driving through a construction site at 70mph with no warning.

[frau kaleun]

A plane fuselage, a ship's anchor and a clarinet

[Weiss Pinguin]

Originally Posted by papa_smurf

A plane fuselage, a ship's anchor and a clarinet

"Hey mate, look a plane fueselage!" "Bugger that, an anchor!" "Dude, check out this wicked clarinet."

[Slyguy3129]

Interesting string of Bandits there.

"What have we got."

"The Bandit was shot twice at close range while attempting to steal this bridge."

*Dons Shades* "Well I guess he just went.........A Bridge To Far......"

"YEEEEeeaaaaaaaaa!"

[Betonov]

Originally Posted by Slyguy3129

Interesting string of Bandits there.

"What have we got."

"The Bandit was shot twice at close range while attempting to steal this bridge."

*Dons Shades* "Well I guess he just went.........A Bridge To Far......"

"YEEEEeeaaaaaaaaa!"

Ahahahhahahahahahahahaaaa
You're giving me a heart attack here, good one

[privateer]

Around here?
Lord help you if you have Copper plumbing!
You go to work then come home to no plumbing!
And most of your electrical wireing might be gone also!

You can try calling the Coppers?

But all that shows up is a Sheriff.

[bookworm_020]

Originally Posted by Hottentot

I once heard of some people stealing a train. I was pretty impressed, until I later learned that some other gang had stolen railroad tracks. Back then I was even more impressed. But this...this is even better.

At one railway station here in Sydney, Australia, thieves stole the ticket vending machine three days after it was installed. It took the railways three months to realise it had gone!

[Oberon]

I believe I can trump you gentlemen. I was talking to a friend of mine who told me he was aware of a tower crane which had been stolen, a group of men showed up one day with hi-vis jackets and that, took the crane down and made off with it. Naturally everyone around thought it normal until the cranes real owners arrived and found an empty space where their giant crane once was.
The crane disappeared from the UK and only came to light again some three years later when a company in Holland needed some parts for it and triggered an alert in the UK with the serial number.

Anyway, perhaps it is possible that these items have not been stolen but 'stolen'. That is to say that if the MPs had a REAL good look at army depots they might just find the missing bridge at a depot which had a shortage of bridges once, likewise the anchor and fuselage.
Amazing how the supplies system works in the forces sometimes...I'd pay good money to work out how chiefs do it.

[Gargamel]

There's the (proven fake) story of the parking lot attendant who dutifully showed up for work everyday for 40 years at a Hospital Parking lot. One day, he just didn't show up again. After a couple weeks the hospital called the department of parking (?) and asked when the replacement was coming. The department replied that parking lot was supposed to be a free lot.

Just goes to show, if you act like you know what you are doing, nobody will question you. I've gotten into more places I shouldn't by just acting important.