Re: Help sought to catch copper signal wire thieves

[" Ian" <iansmith@optusnet.com.au>]

> The thieves use a 4wd ute and cutters on a pole ala garden type tree
> pruners,they get about 1 meter from the pole and snip snip...then drive to
> next pole and snip snip,leaving a metre of wire each side of the
> poleMeanwhile the mates roll up each span throw it on the following ute
and
> away they go....they are very organized and very cocky....Cleaned out
> between Warragul and Drouin which runs beside a well used road and it was
> done in a night.
> I am just waiting for them to start on the 2.2kv......Wont kill em but
will
> make their teeth rattle.....:-)
> Graeme
How do you know all this ........maybe in the know ?