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Gardai investigate theft of €38,000 digger and trailer from yard overnight

written by Stephen Maguire March 15, 2019
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Thieves have stolen a €38,000 mechanical digger and trailer from a yard in St Johnston overnight.

The Hitachi 26U digger, which had been hired out from a private company, was being used to carry out work by Donegal County Council.

The digger was on a trailer and the thieves had to remove a considerable amount of other equipment to get the digger out of the yard.

The digger and trailer had been hired out from Watson Hire.

Owner John Watson told Donegal Daily that this was a very organised operation.

“From our information we know the trailer was taken around 7.30pm. They had to move a lot of equipment to get the trailer and digger out.

“They removed all of our branding stickers which we found on the ground. They knew what they were doing.

“We know that it crossed the border and we would appeal to anybody who knows of its whereabouts to contact us,” he said.

Gardai investigate theft of €38,000 digger and trailer from yard overnight was last modified: March 18th, 2019 by Stephen Maguire
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Stephen Maguire

Stephen Maguire is the co-founder of Donegal Daily. He has worked as a reporter for almost 30 years starting locally with the Donegal Peoples Press before moving to the Mirror Group. He continues to contribute daily to national media outlets including the Irish Times, RTE, the Irish Independent, Irish Sun, Irish Mirror, Irish Star, the Daily Mail and the Examiner.

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