Thieves Hit Building Sites
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Timaru building sites are being targeted by thieves.   In the last fortnight thousands of dollars worth of tools have been stolen, while over the weekend 120 metres of electrical cabling, some of which was underground, was stolen.
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A HOUSE in Armadale, West Lothian, has been raided after a lengthy internet investigation into the illegal trading of music for MP3 players on the auction site eBay. The investigation was carried out by the MCPS AntiPiracy Unit. Items seized included a computer and duplicating towers.
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AN armed gang made up of former terrorists stole up to Â£40million in one of the country&#39;s biggest ever bank raids. Two managers were taken at gunpoint from their homes and forced to open the vaults of the Northern Bank in Belfast.
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By Alex Branch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas  Feb. 20--FORT WORTH -- School is in, especially for burglars.
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The thieves struck at night and knew just what they were after. In minutes, they ripped two plants from the lavish landscaping at a home in this Los Angeles suburb, then fled when the homeowner woke up and turned on a porch light. Total haul: &#36;3,500.
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THIEVES stole two diamonds worth 11.5 million (Â£7.8 million) from a display case at an antiques and jewellery show near the Louvre Museum in Paris yesterday.
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Thieves have stolen two diamonds worth about $14.1 million from a trade fair at one of Paris&#39; top museums. The gems were taken from a display case at an antique and jewelry dealers show at the Louvre Museum complex.
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IT took thieves 2Â½ hours to haul the sackloads of banknotes from the vault to a semi-trailer parked behind the Northern Bank&#39;s Belfast headquarters.
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Police are hunting two jewel thieves who broke into Ozzy Osbourne&#39;s mansion yesterday and escaped with more than Â£1m of jewellery.
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It has emerged that police in Northern Ireland were told about men acting suspiciously outside the Northern Bank headquarters in Belfast city centre from which Â£22m was stolen on Monday.
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Gunmen in military uniforms raided a Baghdad bank Tuesday, stealing the equivalent of $709,000, police said. The attackers drove up to the Zuwiyah Bank in the Karradah neighborhood in four vehicles, jumped out and fired their weapons into the air, police said.
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BELFAST, Dec. 24 -- Police staged raids Friday in two Irish Republican Army strongholds of Belfast in search of the $42.5 million stolen this week from a bank's underground vault.
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ELKINS, W.Va. - A pair of thieves who hit four Wal-Marts in a 24-hour period this week weren't looking for guns or fishing gear. They preferred $30,000 worth of diabetes testing strips and nicotine patches.
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Thieves stole two diamonds worth almost Â£8 million yesterday from a dealers&#39; show at the Louvre museum complex in Paris. Police blamed lax security after the thieves broke into a display case on a stand operated
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SAN JOSE -- Stealing the merchandise was the easy part. The ring of young men and women had become pros at snatching cashmere sweaters, perfumes and other expensive items from the likes of Abercrombie & Fitch, Victoria's Secret and Pottery Barn.
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It was not clear who was responsible for the bombs, none of which was big enough to cause major damage to the buildings. &quot;The government is asking the people not to touch any packages and to call the police if they find them.
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Leave the gun. Bank robbers have found an easier way to make off with other people's money: Around the country, thieves have hot-wired forklifts at construction sites, chugged up to banks and scooped up their ATMs, with all the cash inside.