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Joined: Mon Jul 25, 2011 8:57 am Posts: 76 
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 'We're facing a major civil emergency' warns water company bBritain faces an 'inevitable' major civil emergency if ruthless thieves continue to cripple utility services by stealing scrap metal.
A senior boss at one of Britain's main utility companies issued the dire warning today following the spate of thefts which have seen gangs take metal from cable links, churches and even homeowners' front gates. Thefts have been on the up as the price of scrap metal and raw material in general rises. The gangs have been looting electrical cables - even those buried underground - so they can strip off the rubber and sell the copper at 'no questions asked' scrap metal yards. Homes have been blacked out and businesses left in the dark by cable thefts, while those stealing cabling from railways lines cause transport chaos. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... z1l1kEGbzs _________________ |
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