Bronze, brass, and copper are at high prices right now.

Thieves are not just targeting cemeteries, where long fingers are reaching for metal objects such as bronze birds.

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> Suspects have the opportunity to earn some money in an easy way.

> Karsten Aaskov, vice police inspector at South and Southern Jutland Police

Thieves are stealing everything from copper clocks to cable boxes in various parts of the country.

Earlier today, DR News could report ( https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/indland/tyve-har-stjaalet-figurer-fra-pias-mors-gravpladser-jeg-blev-simpelthen-saa-gal ) that bronze birds and chains have been stolen from several grave sites in Esbjerg Municipality.

However, it is not just that place where thieves are active right now. This is what vice police inspector at South and Southern Jutland Police, Karsten Aaskov, says.

- There is a growing trend of theft of metals, including copper, which is presumably relatively easy to sell. That means that suspects have the opportunity to earn some money in an easy way.

In the past few months, for example, copper clocks have been stolen from railway crossings, metals from construction sites, and cable boxes. And it is primarily bronze, brass, and copper that are being stolen in the region, says Karsten Aaskov.

- We also have a suspicion that it is something that is also seen on a national level, and of course that means that we are trying to intensify our investigation in that area.

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Long fingers and cable boxes

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Perhaps several electric car drivers have also noticed that metal is in high demand among thieves these days.

In the night's murk and darkness, cable boxes are being stolen in large quantities from several public parking lots. The cables are cut, and then the thieves disappear with them, and it is a growing problem.

This is what Søren Jakobsen, analysis chief at Danish E-Mobility - a branch organization that has an overview of thefts from Clever, Norlys, and E.ON's public charging stations, says.

- Cables are being stolen all over the country, he says.

In the past year, more than a few hundred cable boxes have been stolen according to Søren Jakobsen. Especially the Trekant area and further south are heavily affected by cable box thefts.

- It costs us 25,000 kroner each time a cable is stolen. So it's a lot of money that's at stake, explains the analysis chief.

OK also has problems with thefts on their public charging stations, says communications chief, Jens Bomholt.

- We experienced thefts 30 times last year, and this year we have already experienced it over 100 times.

OK also loses 25,000 kroner for each cable that is stolen, but the thieves don't make much money from it, says the communications chief.

- Thieves can get around 200-300 kroner for the copper in the cable.

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Cameras and more lighting

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Regardless of whether it is bronze birds from cemeteries, metal from construction sites, or electric cables from charging stations, it has consequences for the Danes.

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> It affects our customers, and that we can't live with.

> Jens Bomholt, Communications Chief at OK

Therefore, charging companies are doing what they can to make it harder for thieves.

At OK, they have begun to set up more surveillance and lighting on the places where there are public charging stations. This is what communications chief, Jens Bomholt, says.

- We are really trying to make it come to life, because it affects our customers, and that we can't live with.

Also in E-Mobility, they are betting on cameras.

- We can't do much to prevent people from getting close to the cables. So it's all about catching people and getting them to pay for the damage they have caused, says Søren Jakobsen, analysis chief in Danish E-Mobility.

But it is also important with help from the Danes, it sounds from Karsten Aaskov., vice police inspector at South and Southern Jutland Police.

- We appeal to the citizens there to help us further. We have use for the observations that are made there. So we would really like to have a report via 114.

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