342 drain covers stolen from single town costing council £110,800
342 drain covers stolen from single town costing council £110,800
28 drain covers were taken last Wednesday alone (Picture: SWNS)
Hundreds of drain covers have been ripped out of a West Midlands town by thieves thought to be attempting to sell them for scrap metal.
Police are hunting for crooks after this year saw 342 cast iron gully covers taken across Walsall – leaving gaping holes in the roads.
It comes amid a cost of living crisis and as the price of metal…