How to steal a bridge

**flyingcrocodile46** · 3rd May 2012, 09:51

Unbelievably bold thieves.

Thieves in the Czech Republic are proving if you want to steal something big don't do it under the cloak of darkness, but rather in broad daylight right in front of police.

That's how they recently managed to steal a 10-ton bridge that was built in 1901 near the town of Sokolov in the country's west.

"Thieves said they had been hired to demolish the bridge, and remove the unwanted railway track to make way for a new cycle route," said railroad spokesman Pavel Halla in an Inquisitr article.

They used a crane to pick up the large pieces and put them into trucks.
At one point during the robbery, a police officer stopped the thieves, but they showed the officer paperwork stating an agreement with the country's railway service and continued working.
Not only did they take the bridge, but they made off with about 200 metres of railway track.

http://www.inquisitr.com/227752/thie...10-ton-bridge/

**Dadpole** · 3rd May 2012, 10:13

Hey Croc. Shouldn't you be working instead of trawling the net?

PS: Wanna buy a bridge Mister?

**flyingcrocodile46** · 3rd May 2012, 10:17

Originally Posted by Dadpole

Hey Croc. Shouldn't you be working instead of trawling the net?

PS: Wanna buy a bridge Mister?

Yes I should but the bins are empty so here I am.

Shouldn't you be sabotaging a customers PC or bothering sheep somewhere

**Dadpole** · 3rd May 2012, 11:01

Back now. Been out bothering a customer sheep (in a PC way)

**mashman** · 3rd May 2012, 17:56

heh... A police spokeswoman stated of that theft that, “We are not sure if it was taken for personal use or for its scrap value.”... Personal use? I'd love to know what she meant by that.

**unstuck** · 3rd May 2012, 18:56

Originally Posted by mashman

heh... A police spokeswoman stated of that theft that, “We are not sure if it was taken for personal use or for its scrap value.”... Personal use? I'd love to know what she meant by that.

Maybe they have a nuclear weapon that they want to move by rail so they can hold the world to ransom

**SMOKEU** · 3rd May 2012, 20:12

Originally Posted by mashman

heh... A police spokeswoman stated of that theft that, “We are not sure if it was taken for personal use or for its scrap value.”... Personal use? I'd love to know what she meant by that.

It would make a nice garden ornament.

**unstuck** · 3rd May 2012, 20:16

I wonder if tranz rail would miss the rail bridge over the mataura river.

**mashman** · 3rd May 2012, 20:40

Originally Posted by unstuck

I wonder if tranz rail would miss the rail bridge over the mataura river.

you could manufacture a landslide and swoop in to save the day by replacing the current bridge with one that's so futuristic it almost looks as if it isn't there.

**unstuck** · 4th May 2012, 07:13

Originally Posted by mashman

you could manufacture a landslide and swoop in to save the day by replacing the current bridge with one that's so futuristic it almost looks as if it isn't there.

If I could manufacture a landslide, in the middle of a river, I dont think I would need to steal bridges.

**Red39** · 4th May 2012, 09:42

Originally Posted by mashman

you could manufacture a landslide and swoop in to save the day by replacing the current bridge with one that's so futuristic it almost looks as if it isn't there.

Ah, you're talking about the Emperor's New Bridge. Works really well with clothes too Mashy. You should try it

**SMOKEU** · 4th May 2012, 09:53

Originally Posted by unstuck

If I could manufacture a landslide, in the middle of a river, I dont think I would need to steal bridges.

Go down to the local bomb factory, I mean "mosque" and talk to the friendly chaps down there. I'm sure they can help. Just tell them you want to start jihad.