Posted on 04/16/2022 4:40:03 PM PDT by algore
A gang of thieves stole a 60-foot long, 550-ton bridge in northeastern India for its lucrative scrap value, according to the Indian news agency Asian News International (ANI).
Police have arrested eight men, including two government employees, a police official said, per ANI.
"We have arrested eight persons, including an SDO (subdivisional officer) of the water resources department, in connection with the theft of the bridge," said Rohtas's police superintendent Ashish Bharti, per ANI.
"The thieves stole the bridge in connivance with the SDO. We have recovered one JCB, stolen iron channels weighing about 247 kg, and other material," Bharti continued.
—Nistula Hebbar (@nistula) April 9, 2022
The iron bridge across the Ara-Sone canal in Bihar, which was in a state of disrepair after being out of use since the early 2000s, was dismantled over three days from April 3, BBC News reported.
The gang wore government uniforms to avoid suspicion while working in broad daylight from 7 am daily, using cutting torches and excavators to tear it apart, BBC News said.
People in the village of Amiyavar were oblivious to the theft, the media outlet reported. "No one suspected it was a heist," local journalist Jitendra Singh told the BBC.
In fact, the media outlet reported that some villagers were happy that the disused bridge was finally being removed.
A phone call to the irrigation department on April 5 by Pawan Kumar, a man from a nearby villager, was what alerted the police to the crime. Kumar reached out to local officials to ask why procedures were not being followed concerning the removal of the bridge, BBC News reported.
If you believe this story, I have a bridge to sell you.
Sounds like a 3rd World Country.
Soon it’ll happen in the USA.
Much easier than stealing a bridge after dark.
Gotta give ‘em credit for having the balls to do it!
We occasionally have broken castings from agricultural projects
The scrapyards won’t even take them
I have a bridge 🌉 to sell you......
Dang too slow
Gotta have an AMC Matador IIRC
So what happened to the JCB? That’s a back hoe or maybe a crawler crane?
Close.
https://jalopnik.com/the-james-bond-corkscrew-jump-was-the-first-computer-mo-1711459704
Surprisingly a CRT was used and referenced in ths historical article
I watch a guy on youtube “Camping with Steve”. He has regular simple camping videos, but the enjoyable ones are his “Stealth Camping” ones. The last one he did was in the center of a round-a-bout in some big city in Canada.
He had his safety vest and big orange bag like he was picking up litter. Then when traffic was absent he ducked into the small bushes of the round-a-bout and spent the night.
Another one he had his neighbor’s borrowed truck with emergency lights flashing. Set up right in the middle of a park. Put up scaffolding with tarps (his “tent”), a bunch of cones, etc. Even had his phone playing construction noises from inside of his tent! It was hilarious.
Some real city construction workers drove by and waved.
I couldn’t believe I was the first!
I knew this wasn’t in the U.S. from the title.
No teens or yutes involved.
The government employees were the ones pretending to be supervisors.
I watched it last week. That was crazy. That guy knows what he’s doing.
Good job!!!!
I’m gonna watch that. Sounds interesting, and no doubt amusing.
“Well, I guess the next time someone says, they have a bridge they want to sell me, I’ll take it more serious”
That did not take long at all.
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