{"id":11697,"date":"2012-10-30T11:42:47","date_gmt":"2012-10-30T11:42:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=11697"},"modified":"2015-10-07T10:46:24","modified_gmt":"2015-10-07T10:46:24","slug":"wales-spends-820000-on-metal-theft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/no-logo\/wales-spends-820000-on-metal-theft","title":{"rendered":"Wales spends \u00a3820,000 on metal theft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/metal2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11991\" title=\"metal2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/metal2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"220\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>While police were preoccupied and the community concerned, opportunist metal thieves were busy stealing fencing from Ely recreational gardens.<\/p>\n<p>This is another case of metal theft to hit Cardiff, a crime costing councils in Wales at least <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-wales-19515594\">\u00a3820,000 in 2011\/12<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In light of this, local metal companies are hardening up their policies through Operation Tornado.\u00a0 Neil O\u2019Sullivan from Cardiff Metal Buyers Limited explains the UK wide scheme, &#8220;We don\u2019t take metal from anyone unless they have an ID with a photo, or a passport and utility bill.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you get a suspicious character come in, like a 17 year old kid with a trolley full of lead saying &#8216;My dad gave it to me&#8217;, I\u2019ll say, &#8216;Get your dad to come here and bring his ID&#8217;.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 While police were preoccupied and the community concerned, opportunist metal thieves were busy stealing fencing from Ely recreational gardens. 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