Despite coppers drop in price from a high of nearly $4 per pound to about $2.50 per pound on the London Metal Exchange, theft of the commodity metal continues unabated. Copper theft rose so sharply in 2006 and was widely reported, more people decided to try it. Authorities in many of the cases continue to make the link between drugs and metal theft as a means of getting cash for drugs. In Minneapolis, one story reported, there have been at least four explosions in vacant houses and six gas leaks.”]
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