Wild South: Stolen equipment worth millions, escaped in the sands and caught in pursuit with skimmer
The squad from the Bedouin diaspora in the Negev stole 54 electric transformers worth five million shekels.
Its members acted on side paths to reduce their exposure, but they were eventually discovered at the end of a Lachish intelligence operation and captured while running across Route 6. One of them was arrested after climbing a tree
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07/12/2021
Tuesday, 07 December 2021, 12:55 Updated: Wednesday, 08 December 2021, 12:54
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In the video: A police chase in the Negev after a squad of thieves who stole transformers (Photo: Israel Police spokeswoman)
Police arrested members of a cell that stole 54 transformers worth five million shekels - and caused extensive damage to residents of the Lachish area.
Researchers central unit Lachish began investigating the incident immediately upon receipt of the initial information from the electric company and began collecting intelligence on members of the squad.
Beyond the economic implications, theft transformers implications for power and public safety. According to IEC Thieves usually choose transformers remote on major roads that feed lighting Central roads, cellular facilities, "sources" facilities, irrigation facilities and wastewater treatment facilities.Every theft of a transformer causes local power outages in the simplest cases, and thousands of customers in severe cases.
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Police chase after a squad of thieves who stole transformers worth NIS 5 million 7.12.21 (Photo: Walla !, -)
The investigation revealed that the members of the cell are residents of the Bedouin diaspora in the Negev who came to the area of activity through agricultural land while avoiding the use of main roads.
This is to reduce the risk of exposing them.
After lengthy surveillance, arrested last week Lachish Central Unit forces the cell members recorded at night when the skimmer unit Arkia while disconnecting and stealing the transformers.
"We have received inquiries from electricity theft of transformers and heavy damage to the area of Lachish region," said Operations Officer Of the Lachish Squadron, inspected and tortured.
"This is a squad that worked in a sophisticated way. They did not move on the roads, but only on paths from the Bedouin diaspora to the Lachish area. Only on agricultural and dirt roads, so that they would not be recognized."
According to an inspector and Anuni, when they reached the point where the transformer was located, they climbed a high-voltage power pole on which it was located, risking their lives.
The vehicle used by the thieves (Photo: Israel Police Spokeswoman)
When they noticed the police, the thieves tried to run away while crossing Route 6 and were almost run over.
"They ran across the road," repeated the commander of the Arkia unit in the southern district, Commander Barel Netzer.
"One of them was lying in a wadi. Another member of the squad was identified three kilometers away climbing a tree. The police arrested the two. The skimmers are a break-even point in the war on crime in the south. They give the forces on the ground an accurate picture of what happened at the time."
The cost of the damage involved in setting up a new transformer is estimated by the electricity company at about NIS 80,000.
Thefts of the transformers cause a power outage to the facility itself, and sometimes also a power outage throughout the line until the fault is located and the line is neutralized.
Advocate Moti Yosef representing the two suspects in the theft of the transformers: “My clients deny outright the suspicions attributed to them.
The Be'er Sheva District Court ordered following an appeal that I submitted to complete the investigation by Sunday. "
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