As outrageous as this next story may sound it is 100 percent true! Authorities in Kilkis arrested two men, construction workers by trade, for attempting to dismantle an entire metal bridge used by the Greek railway company with the intention of banking on the metal.
When witnesses realized that the two men (44 and 48 years old) were attempting to dismantle the bridge with the use of a crane they contacted authorities right away and the two construction workers were arrested on the spot.
The bridge, which is located near the Mikra Dassos village in Kilkis, is 17x5 meters in size and weighs nearly 15 tonnes. It is basically used as a railway line for Greek Railway Company (OSE).
This outrageous incident is not unique in nature, just a few days ago a group of unknown assailaints apparently erased an entire bridge that hovers over the Strymon river near the Greek-Bulgarian border!
Where the incidents related? No one knows.
Also, similar thefts have been made in many parts of Northern Greece. The "Copper Gang" is known to strike -or have a preference- in electricity transformers, and this rat pack of criminals has dismantled a great number of these transformers for their iron and copper parts which they then sell on the black market.
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