Garda believe raid may have smashed phone cabling theft racket

GARDAÍ believe they may have smashed a racket involving the theft of phone cabling from Eircom poles.

The cables are thought to have been been stolen for their copper casing value.

More than 150m of cabling was taken from poles at Rathurd, Ballyneety, Co Limerick, on the outskirts of the city last Friday.