Thieves after copper anywhere they can find it.
Thieves stole NSB cables
Norwegian railway NSB often gets all the blame when trains don't run on time. Problems early this week, however, clearly were not its fault.
Thousands of train passengers were affected by the thieves who hacked off rail cables and stole them on Monday.
PHOTO: JAN TOMAS ESPEDAL
Thousands of passengers were delayed or left stranded when all service between Oslo and Ski was halted Monday. NSB initially reported technical problems and delays in repairing cables that relay critical information to traffic controllers.
It turns out the problems were caused by thieves who literally ripped out NSB cables along the route, apparently to exploit the suddenly valuable copper that the cables contain.
http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article1879951.ece
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