The problem of plant thefts

"Its about time equipment manufacturers and plant workers took theft seriously," said Tim Purbrick the managing director of plant security specialists TER. Recently on one site in London thieves took a telehandler and put it, and £100,000 of other stolen equipment in to a auction in Holland.

A few weeks later they went back for the replacement. That was recovered in Harwich Docks, with £250,000 of other stolen equipment. The thieves look finally ran out when the police caught them going back to the same site.