Here in the Dominican Republic 1,000 feet of copper wire was stolen which affected the supply of electricity to Santo Domingo for more than two hours.
An unnamed Dominican Lawmaker has accused some high ranking military officials of working with local Mafia groups to steal electrical & telephone cable in their efforts to export black market copper to those scrupulous entrepreneurs willing to pay the going rate.
Theft of copper on the increase
Copper is becoming a much sought after commodity these days. As scrap metal prices for copper are through the roof at the moment it has fast become the most lucrative scrap metal out there. Copper is hot at the moment due to a general overseas shortage and those in the market seem to be prepared to do whatever to get their hands on as much of it as is possible. It was reported recently in Brazil that the arms of a statue dedicated to Pele had been sawn off & large amounts of rail track in Kingston Jamaica had gone missing.
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Dominican Republic News Archive
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