By Casey Neill
Thieves left a lasting impression during their second raid on a Dandenong electrical contractor in 24 hours.
The Dandenong Electrical Services owner, who did not want his name published, said his CCTV system captured three people cutting through a fence at his Brooklyn avenue factory in the early hours of Sunday 6 August.
“They were wearing balaclavas,” he said.
“You couldn’t make them out.
“We have scrap cable. We’re electrical contractors.
“They took about $3500 to $4000 worth out of our yard.
“We had about five or six tonnes of copper.
“Normally we’d try and donate it to the Salvos or something like that.
“That’s what we had intended to do with it this time.”
The owner said he had a feeling he hadn’t seen the last of the bandits.
“They turned up again at about 3am on the Monday morning,” he said.
“They had another go at it, but this time they didn’t wear balaclavas
“I got really good facial shots of the two of them.”
One of them was a woman and the other man.
He reported the incident to police but contacted the Journal after the investigation stalled.
“When I spoke to police on the Sunday morning, he said copper theft happens every day in Dandenong, every day they have reports of buildings sites with the copper ripped out,” he said.
“This is not an unusual thing.
“But it was in a locked, secured yard.”
Call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 with any information.
Watch footage from the break-in.
