Theft of electricity cable

Thames Valley Police is appealing for information following the theft of a large amount of electrical cables from a grain store in Hungerford.

Between 4.30 pm on 17 April and 7am on 19 April 2011, several hundred metres of electric cabling was taken from the exterior of two large grain store units of Ridgeway Grain Ltd.

The cables are described as Nexans Distribution cables which are XLPE insulated, PVC bedded, and steel wire armoured, with annealed copper conductors.

PC Nathan Adby, from Newbury police station, said, “I would appeal for anyone with any information about this incident or the whereabouts of the piping to contact police. Likewise, I would ask that any scrap metal merchants who have been offered or sold this type of product since 17 April 2011 to contact police.”

“Since the theft, security has been improved on the site and neighbouring businesses have been informed of the incident.”

Anyone with any information about this incident should contact PC Adby via 0845 8 505 505. Alternatively, if you do not want to speak to police, or leave your name, please contact the Crimestoppers charity on 0800 555 111.