Copper wire stolen from downtown hydro substation
Tuesday, September 25, 2012 by: Kate Adams
North Bay Police Service
News Release
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Over the weekend a fence was cut to a hydro substation on McIntyre St W.
All the grounding copper wire was removed along with all the exposed copper from the transformers.
The value of the copper is approximately $200.
The cost to repair and replace is approximately $2000.
Cst Barry McIntosh is investigating.
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DLC DAVE 9/25/2012 7:30:04 PM Reportcost of wire is 200 dollars ,if the police would stop scrap yards from buying metals like this ,no one would steal it eh .
laceyjdog 9/26/2012 10:43:16 PM ReportMaybe if some thief got a real shock, people would think twice.
