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manhole

A worker at Maderplast in Bogota stacks plastic manhole covers. They're designed to replace the thousands of metal covers that thieves have been stealing to sell as scrap metal.

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Who would steal manhole covers? Organized gangs around the world

Nov 4, 2013

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