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Copper Swiped From PPL Substation: Police

Lower Saucon Township Police say copper ground cables were recently stolen from PPL transmission towers at a substation on Applebutter Road.

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Lower Saucon Township Police say they are investigating the theft of copper ground cables from 46 transmission towers at a PPL substation at 2324 Applebutter Road.

Police said in a news release that each cable is 4/0 braided, bare (no insulation), and about three feet long.

Sometime between March 8 and March 15, "access (to the substation) was gained by cutting the security fence closest to Ringhoffer Road," police said.

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Anyone with information about the theft is asked to call the Lower Saucon Township Police Department at 610-317-6110.

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