Police hunt thieves who stole tonne of copper wire from Tin Can Bay Rd

The brazen thieves were reportedly dressed as “workers’ and took two and a half hours to carry out their heist near Gympie.

Police are on the hunt for brazen thieves who stole hundreds of metres of copper wire from underground near a busy regional road.

Police are hunting brazen thieves who stole a tonne of copper wire from out of the ground with the aid of heavy machinery and disguises.

Police said on Wednesday about 450m of the wire was stolen from an area on Tin Can Bay Rd between Henry and Webster Sts, at Kia Ora, between Friday, June 21 and Monday, June 24, 2024.

Officers allege the thieves went to the site with a large truck and heavy machinery and removed the wire from of the ground.

Police are on the hunt for brazen thieves who stole hundreds of metres of copper wire from underground near a busy regional road.

It is alleged the thieves were wearing work gear to avoid raising suspicions.

The job is believed to have taken between two and two-and-a-half hours to complete.

Police are appealing for drivers in the area across the period to check their dashcam footage and, if they have captured anything which may be of use, to report it.

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