NT Police say thieves have been targeting telecommunication pits in Alice Springs in recent months, using 'large vehicles' to pull out hundreds of metres of copper wire.
Northern Territory Police are investigating a spate of copper wire thefts in Alice Springs . Northern Territory Police are on the hunt for copper thieves stripping wire from Alice Springs telecommunications pits to sell on the black market.
It is alleged hundreds of metres of copper wire have been pulled out, likely using a "large vehicle".The current market price for copper in Australia is about $14 per kilogram. "But there's also then the interruption to services and the work that Telstra needs to do to repair the lines, which has an impact on the community," he said."They might only do a couple hours' work removing this cable from underground," he said.Mr Crook said the thieves were likely doing "background work" during the day, such as cutting the cables in the junction boxes.
"We won't take any copper unless have an issued driver's licence or a regular bill regarding that address," he said."They're not just like your everyday cable you can go to Bunnings and buy," he said.
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