Seagoon_@aussie.zone to Melbourne@aussie.zone · 2 months agoDaily Discussion Thread: 🚂 🍰🚂🍰🚂 Thursday, September 19, 2024message-squaremessage-square177fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareDaily Discussion Thread: 🚂 🍰🚂🍰🚂 Thursday, September 19, 2024Seagoon_@aussie.zone to Melbourne@aussie.zone · 2 months agomessage-square177fedilink
minus-squareSeagoon_@aussie.zoneOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoThe thieves used a crane!!! Seems very organised. You don’t just steal a very heavy very famous sculpture to put in your own front yard.
minus-squareThornburywitch@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoProfessional scrap metal thieves, like the ones that steal the copper cables from railway crossings to sell.
minus-squareSeagoon_@aussie.zoneOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agowho has a big enough pot to melt it down? and who would buy it?
minus-squaremelbaboutown@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoThere has to be somewhere they take it to cut it into smaller anonymous pieces. Some crooked metalworking place
minus-squareThornburywitch@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoLots of these - with big machines to chop metal things up into smaller bits. Until recently there was one in Weston St in Brunswick - just near Barkly Square and next door to the Comanchero Bikie Gang headquarters. Not a coincidence I think.
The thieves used a crane!!! Seems very organised. You don’t just steal a very heavy very famous sculpture to put in your own front yard.
Professional scrap metal thieves, like the ones that steal the copper cables from railway crossings to sell.
who has a big enough pot to melt it down?
and who would buy it?
There has to be somewhere they take it to cut it into smaller anonymous pieces.
Some crooked metalworking place
Lots of these - with big machines to chop metal things up into smaller bits. Until recently there was one in Weston St in Brunswick - just near Barkly Square and next door to the Comanchero Bikie Gang headquarters. Not a coincidence I think.