Robert Harris
03-01-2004, 09:48 AM
The scrap metal biz seems to be booming, and entreprreneurs are taking advantage of it.
Metal thieves have stolen an historic steam locomotive from an open-air museum in the city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine.
The local police chief told Donetsk's Ukrayina TV channel that the criminals had probably hired a crane from the state transport company using forged documents authorising the locomotive to be moved to a new location.
Impressive. It takes real skill to pull off something like this, I think.
But it is not their only effort.
Just a week before the latest incident, it was reported that thieves had stolen an 11-metre steel bridge in western Ukraine, cutting a local town off from the outside world.
When all the bridges are gone, and all the locomotives, suppose people will just have to stay home. :)
Quotes from: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3520281.stm
Metal thieves have stolen an historic steam locomotive from an open-air museum in the city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine.
The local police chief told Donetsk's Ukrayina TV channel that the criminals had probably hired a crane from the state transport company using forged documents authorising the locomotive to be moved to a new location.
Impressive. It takes real skill to pull off something like this, I think.
But it is not their only effort.
Just a week before the latest incident, it was reported that thieves had stolen an 11-metre steel bridge in western Ukraine, cutting a local town off from the outside world.
When all the bridges are gone, and all the locomotives, suppose people will just have to stay home. :)
Quotes from: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3520281.stm