Thieves steal copper from phone lines

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Thieves steal copper from phone lines

Published: 27 Jan 2013 at 16.23
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A gang of thieves stole 640 metres of telephone cable from TT&T Pcl in Ang Thong’s Pho Thong district on Sunday and ripped the valuable copper out of it, disrupting the company’s phone service in an entire tambon, Khao Sod newspaper’s website reported.

The telephone line was stolen off eight utility poles located between the 6th and 7th kilometer markers along Khlong Sarai-Don Krang Road in tambon Kam Yard of Pho Thong district in the early morning hours, a duty officer at Pho Thong police station, Pol Capt Wanchart Noonngarm, said.

Police were called to the scene by Wutthiwat Suwannasorn, chief of TT&T’s Ang Thong office.

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Tanami
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Discussion 8 : 28 Jan 2013 at 06.298
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Where is the Thai police when you need them? -- go to Bang Na shopping Centre, ground floor is a restaurant, every day you can witness the Thai police (some in uniform some not) getting pissed
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Discussion 7 : 27 Jan 2013 at 22.437
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Do Thai police even work at night, besides shaking down innocent motorists in roadside racketeering roadblocks?
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Discussion 6 : 27 Jan 2013 at 22.416
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Welcome to Thailand, anything for money!
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Discussion 5 : 27 Jan 2013 at 22.165
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Totally agree, D2, but what’s the betting that these Dumbos would thieve the glass fiber anyway?
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Discussion 4 : 27 Jan 2013 at 22.084
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People still have land-line phones?
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Discussion 3 : 27 Jan 2013 at 19.363
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I remember thieves knocking off copper from cables in Sukhumvit Rd during new telephone cable installation in 1991. Amazing Thailand.
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Discussion 2 : 27 Jan 2013 at 19.192
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Replace copper with economically worthless optical fibre
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Discussion 1 : 27 Jan 2013 at 17.481
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so many the same person is doing this crimes as the police can do nothing yettThe company’s phone lines have frequently been stolen from tambon Ratch Satit of Chai Yo district. Police can just only records crimes like this, they can't do anything to stop it.
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