Thursday, July 16, 2009

Why not take the lot

Not exactly local but such a bizarre story.image

Thieves have stolen a complete factory from an industrial estate in Sagunto, just north of Valencia. The robbery involved taking the building apart, leaving only the frame behind.

Not even the windows, nor the machinery inside, was left after the metal walls and roof were taken off.They even took the air conditioning.

Even more astonishing is the fact that the robbery, which must have taken a few days to complete, happened in broad daylight, during typical factory opening hours, without arousing any suspicion from other workers on the industrial estate.

The owner only discovered the theft by accident. As he was driving past the industrial estate one day he saw nothing but four pillars left where his soon-to-be head office used to be located. That must have been a weird moment.

Police are searching for the culprits and presumably the factory.

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