When copper grows legs...

I checked google and apparently this would have been committed by meth users and probably already on a boat for the Asian black market. So police should start there.

Would it not be possible to ask scrap metal dealers to keep an eye out for 3 x 40 metre lengths of copper cable being offered for sale?

Don’t worry, the scrap metal dealers will be on the lookout. They know they’ll make a quick profit when they buy it cheap because it is stolen…

Would it not be possible to ask scrap metal dealers to keep an eye out for 3 x 40 metre lengths of copper cable being offered for sale?

“Yes and no… The gates which prevent you driving in come and go, but you can park on the road and wander in no worries. Take a friend and keep your eyes open though, because in addition to lots of recent evidence of cable theft, I saw some pretty dodgy looking people doing something dodgy down the bottom of the paddock with a couple dodgy vehicles.”

Would definitely keep my eyes open while wandering around and plan on taking the bro with me to keep me company! Thanks for the reply p1 – will let you know of my adventures and if I see any dodgy behaviour!

Anyone know if there are still gates around the old zoo? Just read the old thread and would like to explore and take photos with my lomography camera…

Yes and no… The gates which prevent you driving in come and go, but you can park on the road and wander in no worries. Take a friend and keep your eyes open though, because in addition to lots of recent evidence of cable theft, I saw some pretty dodgy looking people doing something dodgy down the bottom of the paddock with a couple dodgy vehicles.

[Dodgyness solely the opinion of p1. Actions may have been totally innocent and harmless. Although they were taking place hidden in the bush surrounded by evidence of illegal behaviour…]

“Cops should go look at the Ghost Zoo on Mugga Lane. It’s pretty obvious some people spend a lot of time there stripping the plastic coating off stolen copper wire.”

Anyone know if there are still gates around the old zoo? Just read the old thread and would like to explore and take photos with my lomography camera…

Only one crane that size in Lyneham at the moment. At Axis Apartments, corner of Mouat st and Northbourne.

“Anyone who may have seen suspicious activity in the area around the time of the offence”

It may help if the release actually, I don’t know, told us where the ‘area’ actually is – saying its in Lyneham and showing us a crane doesn’t necessarily help

Cops should go look at the Ghost Zoo on Mugga Lane. It’s pretty obvious some people spend a lot of time there stripping the plastic coating off stolen copper wire.

For a moment there I thought I was suffering deja vu…. Guess not.

April 2009 – $90,000 worth of copper wire stolen from a building site in Phillip.

May 2007 – $60,000 worth of copper wire stolen from a building site in Barton.

Would it be fair to speculate that the same people did it?