Brazen $20,000 copper theft from Melbourne building site
Police are searching for two men after $20,000 worth of copper was stolen from a building site in inner Melbourne.
Two men have been caught on CCTV stealing two drums of copper from a construction site on Victoria Parade in East Melbourne about 2.15am on Wednesday, July 20.
The footage has shown the pair struggling to load the drums into the back of an older model Ford ute before they drive away.
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Two men have been caught on CCTV stealing copper from a construction site in Melbourne East. Nine
They fled towards Melbourne West, according to police.
Senior Constable Will Colliver has said the men reversed down a laneway behind the construction site to reach the copper.
"We do have some suspicion that the males involved have intimate knowledge that the copper was there," he said.
Police have released the footage and images of then men and the ute in the hope the public can help police track them down.
Anyone with information or dashcam footage is urged to contact police.
Police are searching for two men after copper was stolen from Melbourne East. Victoria Police
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