Thieves Dismatle Bridge For Scrap Metal

[jeffrey]

From sun-sentinel.com

Thieves have dismantled and carried off most of a 100 foot aluminum bridge over a wetland on South Island, probably to sell for scrap, Conservation Department officials said Thursday...

The New Zealand felons took aluminum base-plates, side panels and one entire section of framework from the bridge at the wetland reserve southwest of the city of Dunedin, said department officer Bill Wheeler...

Senior Sergeant Alistair Dickie said the section removed by thieves was worth about $28,400. Scrap metal dealers nationwide had been alerted to the theft... Entire Story Here