The Prince George RCMP have arrested yet another copper wire thief.
A 33 year old man was taken into custody just off Pickering road, after he had removed copper wiring from a nearby utility pole.
Corporal Craig Douglass says the suspect then hauled the cable to the nearby abandoned BC Hydro building:
“Our investigation led us to check this building in which we found more of that same wire being burned there, and as you can see there is quite a distance between where this wire was cut and the actual building.”
Douglass couldn’t give an exact dollar figure on the wire stolen, and said its not entirely unusual to see a spike in copper wire thefts during the summer months.
However, he says it is concerning that the number of thefts has been increasing at such a rapid pace.
Douglass says the public should be aware of any suspicious smoke or burning activity and report it immediately.
A makeshift burning station where a 33 year old man melted the protective coating of a utility wire.
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