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Originally Posted by papa_smurf
Ditto, serves them right. We got this happening to over here, but they steal from anything from homes, to sub-stations, and even take copper wiring from railway points causing massive disruption.
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Quite a few of the delays here in Sydney on the rail network are due to these thefts. Power companies, Telstra (Australia's telecom), railways and electricians have reported increases in copper thefts, in particular when copper prices spike.
Telstra has had phone exchanges ripped apart by people taking the copper. It might be only worth $75,000 but they can do over $1,500,000 worth of damage....
