{"id":25840,"date":"2018-02-20T17:47:04","date_gmt":"2018-02-20T17:47:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=25840"},"modified":"2018-02-20T17:47:04","modified_gmt":"2018-02-20T17:47:04","slug":"thieves-target-digger-outside-poncanna-pub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2018\/02\/20\/thieves-target-digger-outside-poncanna-pub\/","title":{"rendered":"Thieves target mini-digger outside Pontcanna pub"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">POLICE are searching for a<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0mini-digger stolen from outside the old Mochyn Du pub in Pontcanna earlier this week.<\/span><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_25845\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25845\" style=\"width: 412px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-25845\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/28058779_2084445145172738_3341939190630086969_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"412\" height=\"732\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/28058779_2084445145172738_3341939190630086969_n.jpg 412w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/28058779_2084445145172738_3341939190630086969_n-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/28058779_2084445145172738_3341939190630086969_n-293x521.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 412px) 100vw, 412px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25845\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-25845\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/28058779_2084445145172738_3341939190630086969_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"412\" height=\"732\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/28058779_2084445145172738_3341939190630086969_n.jpg 412w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/28058779_2084445145172738_3341939190630086969_n-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/28058779_2084445145172738_3341939190630086969_n-293x521.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 412px) 100vw, 412px\" \/><\/noscript> This is the digger stolen in Pontcanna (Credit: South Wales Police)<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Brewhouse and Kitchen declined the opportunity to comment on the theft and South Wales Police have no further information.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Theft of vehicles from building sites has been a growing problem in South Wales over the past few years with thousands of pounds worth of equipment being stolen.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In December 2015, two men were jailed for stealing a \u00a327,000 excavator from a Cyncoed building site.\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In 2014 a \u00a310,000 excavator was stolen from a Llandough Hill building site and in February 2017, the installation of a tracker allowed the recovery of a three-ton excavator in Fairwater. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gwent Police launched Operation Tornado last October to combat the theft of heavy plant and machinery.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mini-diggers can cost upwards of \u00a31,000.<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2018\/02\/06\/mochyn-du-pub-reopens-brewhouse-kitchen-next-week\/\">Y Mochyn Du pub changed hands recently<\/a> and is to become Brewhouse and Kitchen, the first Welsh branch for the chain.<br \/>\nRefurbishment work amounting to \u00a3550,000 included the installation of an open kitchen and microbrewery on Sophia Close.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>POLICE are searching for a\u00a0mini-digger stolen from outside the old Mochyn Du pub in Pontcanna earlier this week. &nbsp; Brewhouse and Kitchen declined the opportunity to comment on the theft and South Wales Police have no further information. Theft of vehicles from building sites has been a growing problem in South Wales over the past few years with thousands of pounds worth of equipment being stolen. 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