Extreme disruption in the Trani countryside due to the theft of over 500 meters of copper cables from an overhead line in Amet close to the nearby Farucci road, which intersects Provincial Road 12 Trani-Corato.
The episode occurred late yesterday evening and the criminals were put to flight by the electricity company’s staff, who arrived on site due to the chain failure of the cabins dependent on that line, 18 in total.
The companies in the area are paying the most for the consequences of this criminal act, starting with Tenuta Donna Lavinia which will still be able to celebrate a wedding today thanks to the generators it has at its disposal, which it will have to constantly fuel with petrol which it will be called upon to stock up on until this evening, time within which the Amet emergency response team expects to restore the supply.
The workers in Piazza Plebiscito have been on site since tonight and will not move from there until all users have been powered again.
Tenuta Lama Gorga is also without supply, together with over a hundred users including residents and agricultural operators, who are not in a position to use the wells.
The line is one of the very few that was still equipped with copper cables, since in recent years Amet had replaced almost all the pipes with poor metal of the aluminum type. The thieves were evidently aware of the existence of this valuable line and today they carried out a heist worth several thousand euros, including the value of the stolen copper, the cost of staff on extraordinary duty and the heavy consequences for all residents and operators in the area.
The theft was once again reported to the Carabinieri, who were invited by Amet to go to the site since the thieves, who left more unloaded copper on the ground, could perhaps still have been in the area. It’s a shame that, before, they acted undisturbed without anyone noticing their presence.
ani due to the theft of over 500 meters of copper cables from an overhead line in Amet, close to the provincial road 12 Trani-Corato.
The episode occurred late yesterday evening and the criminals were put to flight by the electricity company’s staff, who arrived on site due to the chain failure of the cabins dependent on that line, 18 in total.
The companies in the area are paying the most for the consequences of this criminal act, starting with Tenuta Donna Lavinia which will still be able to celebrate a wedding today thanks to the generators it has at its disposal, which it will have to constantly fuel with petrol which it will be called upon to stock up on until this evening, time within which the Amet emergency response team expects to restore the supply.
The workers in Piazza Plebiscito have been on site since tonight and will not move from there until all users have been powered again.
Tenuta Lama Gorga is also without supply, together with over a hundred users including residents and agricultural operators, who are not in a position to use the wells.
The line is one of the very few that was still equipped with copper cables, since in recent years Amet had replaced almost all the pipes with poor metal of the aluminum type. The thieves were evidently aware of the existence of this valuable line and today they carried out a heist worth several thousand euros, including the value of the stolen copper, the cost of staff on extraordinary duty and the heavy consequences for all residents and operators in the area.
The theft was once again reported to the Carabinieri, who were invited by Amet to go to the site since the thieves, who left more unloaded copper on the ground, could perhaps still have been in the area. It’s a shame that, before, they acted undisturbed without anyone noticing their presence.
