[garry22]

Everyone in our village lost telephone and broadband services for the whole of last week. A real pain this close to Christmas.

I found out today that someone had dug up and removed the copper cable (for scrap!) Shame they didn't fry on an elictrical substation instead.

[Mike Halliday]

they nicked the railway signal cable from near us last week, they put the scrap value at £130 but it cost £30,000 in repairs and lost revenue

[Andrew Briscoe]

I hired a guy recently for a high access job, he worked for one of the top 4 rail companies.
We were talking about theft from railways, he said biggest culprits were the employees, they can just drive onto sites un-noticed and load a van full of cables, often worth thousands.

Andrew

[wynne jones]

Hello Mr Scrap man dealer I've got some railway cable here I found in the loft, how much you give me for it?

Oh bejessus, I'll give you twenty quid.

[Mike Halliday]

Wynne exactly!!! thast why the goverment is trying to stop scrapyards giving cash payments... they want all payments to be trackable

[Mark Lawrence]

We've had phone cables and even drain covers nicked round here. Everyone knows who they are, maybe thats why they drive round in Audi's & bm's.

Mark

[Kinver_Clean]

Someone nicked the postbox at the end of the lane a while ago.

[Craigp]

Fried!  It has happened!!!  Check this link..

http://goall.com/article/two-detroit-copper-thieves-got-fried.html

[Jamie Lindsay]

poor guys 

[Ian Rochester]

There's a factory on the industrial estate close to us, it closed about a year ago, I've just walked past it with the dog tonight and can hear the scum inside ripping out the copper etc.  The police even drove past when I was there and didn't even get out the car even though I told them there was people inside stealing!

[craig melvin]

what horrible photos
really shocking!

Craig

[wynne jones]

Fried!  It has happened!!!  Check this link..

http://goall.com/article/two-detroit-copper-thieves-got-fried.html

Cops must have been there in minutes as one guy still has his trainers.

[jasonl]

2 weeks ago someone ripped out copper piping from the top floor of a 5 storey office building  causing water damage to 10000ft2 of office space , caused 12k worth of clear up and drying work  for me . and around 100k of equipment and building work for someone else.

[AshWhite]

2 weeks ago I ripped out copper piping from the top floor of a 5 storey office building  causing water damage to 10000ft2 of office space , caused 12k worth of clear up and drying work  for me . and around 100k of equipment and building work for someone else.

Fixed that for you, Jase