THEFT IN THE EXPLOITATIONS AND INFRASTRUCTURES OF THE VILLAGE VALLEY EXCEED THE 500.000 EUR.

The saying goes that “everything turns into fleas to a skinny dog”, and the fact is that the already difficult situation in which the primary sector finds itself, in which farmers and ranchers try to survive delays and non-compliance, They also have to suffer the effects of the copper and scrap metal fever.

Only in the valley of La Aldea, Those affected by these robberies estimate the thefts at more than 500.000 EUR. In addition to theft, Those affected have to deal with the damage caused to make the infrastructure operational again..

The worst part to date, The facilities of the COALDEA cheese factory have been taken away, whose facilities have been devastated, leaving the infrastructure completely unusable and the production plant unusable.

According to its president, Claudio Quintana, The value of the theft amounts to 300.000 EUR. In addition to plant wiring, The thieves have dismantled the factory, taking doors, windows, sinks, pipes, machines, drive and cooling pumps.

The plant's steam connection has been robbed, breaking up all that material that could not be removed whole. Also, The electrical panels of the processing plant were burst as well as the driving machines of the conveyor belts..

Quintana understands that to carry out this theft, there must be an infrastructure that allows all the stolen material to be dismantled and transported without being seen.. The state in which they have left the factory makes it unusable to make cheese again, Quintana regrets.

The facilities of the La Aldea Irrigation Community have not been spared from this copper fever either., specifically the drive and elevation system of the Siberio dam, whose room was razed causing damage that reached 50.000 EUR.

Wells, greenhouses, Warehouses and milking rooms have not escaped these predators either.. Although what was stolen was of a smaller amount, but not the damage caused by the theft to continue developing the activity..

Any installation that may contain wiring, engines, machines or other metal elements that can be sold as scrap are not safe from these looters who have managed to exasperate the spirits of farmers and ranchers in La Aldea..

Some of the affected farmers consulted trust that the new measures taken by the Government in the face of the wave of thefts suffered by the countryside, managed to deter thieves eager for copper fever.