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Pssst, want to buy a bridge? Czech thieves dismantle 10-ton structure after faking documents saying it was condemned
Most metal thieves confine themselves to drain covers and the lead from church roofs.
But in the Czech Republic they think a little bigger.
A gang in Slavkov dismantled an entire ten-ton bridge and 200 metres of track.
They arrived at a depot with forged paperwork saying the footbridge over a disused railway track had been condemned and had to come down.
Railways spokesman Pavel Halla said: The thieves said they had been hired to demolish the bridge, and remove the unwanted railway track to make way for a new cycle route.
It was only after they had gone that checks were made and we realised wed been had. The cost of replacing the bridge will run into millions.
Pssst, want to buy a bridge? Czech thieves dismantle 10-ton structure after faking documents saying it was condemned | Mail Online
Pssst, want to buy a bridge? Czech thieves dismantle 10-ton structure after faking documents saying it was condemned
Most metal thieves confine themselves to drain covers and the lead from church roofs.
But in the Czech Republic they think a little bigger.
A gang in Slavkov dismantled an entire ten-ton bridge and 200 metres of track.
They arrived at a depot with forged paperwork saying the footbridge over a disused railway track had been condemned and had to come down.
Railways spokesman Pavel Halla said: The thieves said they had been hired to demolish the bridge, and remove the unwanted railway track to make way for a new cycle route.
It was only after they had gone that checks were made and we realised wed been had. The cost of replacing the bridge will run into millions.
Pssst, want to buy a bridge? Czech thieves dismantle 10-ton structure after faking documents saying it was condemned | Mail Online
