Metal Theft - Page 8

Neil · 12-03-2012, 09:17

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Originally Posted by kestrelx

It said on the news few weeks back the government were going to make it illegal for scrap metal merchants to pay cash for scrap and have to have documentation for all scrap recieved where it came from etc!

It does not appear to be quite so from a comment Graham Jones made to me, I will let him explain when he gets chance so I dont get it wrong.

susie123 · 12-03-2012, 09:22

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Originally Posted by jaysay

Government make legislation, but it doesn't mean its going to work, the holding of Hand Guns was outlawed, did it make any difference, no, the only thing it did was to push illegal fire arms further under ground. I remember at the time, how those harden criminals would be shaking in their shoes, "well that's it lads we can't go on with that armed robbery tomorrow the government has just banned us from having handguns, we either scrap the idea or we just stick with the sawn of Purdy"

Jay, love the idea of a sawn off Purdy. The type of folk who can afford to own a Purdy aren't going to be sawing them off so your crims must have had to nick those first and doctor them before they can get on with their real robbery!

jaysay · 12-03-2012, 09:51

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Originally Posted by susie123

Jay, love the idea of a sawn off Purdy. The type of folk who can afford to own a Purdy aren't going to be sawing them off so your crims must have had to nick those first and doctor them before they can get on with their real robbery!

Susie a sawn of Purdy HAS been used on a few armed robberies, we have a better class of criminal these days

kestrelx · 12-03-2012, 12:56

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Originally Posted by Neil

It does not appear to be quite so from a comment Graham Jones made to me, I will let him explain when he gets chance so I dont get it wrong.

Did n't some of these brass plates nicked from a war memorial end up in Poland? I'm sure I heard that on the news - so some of this vital metal stolen is taken to Europe to be sold there!

shillelagh · 27-11-2012, 02:03

well ive had an old sky dish outside my house for the last near enough 3 weeks ... and its still there now .... its not been nicked yet ... wish it would though ..