Tens of households have ended up without power over the past few weeks, sparking an intensive police investigation into the theft of live overhead electricity cables.

The cables have been cut away and stolen from a number of places in the south, Times of Malta is informed.

The police suspect the reason behind this unprecedented type of theft is the rising price of copper on the international market – this precious metal is mainly found in overhead cables.

“We have had to spend hours in darkness in the past weeks as cables powering our road and residences have been severed by thieves,” a resident in Tas-Silġ, Marsaxlokk, said.

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