![[Valid Atom 1.0]](valid-atom.png "Validate my Atom 1.0 feed")
CARGO THEFTS * Canada - Shift into high gear
Toronto,ONT,CAN -National Post, by Melissa Leong -January 23, 2009: -- Few would pause to consider the contents of two orange aluminum tractor trailers rumbling along the 380-kilometre stretch of highway from Sudbury to Toronto. Inside, the six-metre long containers appeared to be lined with dirt... But to the organized bandits who hijacked the truck in July, 2007, it was 40 tonnes of nickel sinter, a metal used in the making of such things as electrodes for fuel cells, and worth $2-million... The truck driver was found bound and gagged in the back of a car in a commuter parking lot near Guelph. Police located the containers without a trace of powder and the tractor was burned out on the side of a road. The case remains unsolved... Cargo thieves will take anything — a load of bubblegum, chicken beaks and feet, wedding dresses. Last weekend, someone stole a tractor trailer full of eggs from a Mississauga yard. The empty truck was recovered in Scarborough yesterday... In 2008, thieves stole $22-million worth of goods in Peel Region. With its vast industrial yards, its circuit of highways and its proximity to Pearson International Airport, Peel is considered by some in the industry to be the cargo theft capital of North America... Across the GTA, thieves are becoming more organized, and striking more often... (Photo, Peter Redman/National Post: Thefts of cargo are on the rise in the GTA) Labels: cargo theft
posted by Unknown @ 5:31 PM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home