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Breaking Into Tin Containers with Abrasive Rocks and Custom-Made Tools

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Theft from Green Scout cans amounts to nearly twelve million a year. The locks are cut apart with abrasive rocks and police have found people in the containers. People use specially made tools and abrasive rocks to get into Green Scout cans and steal from them. Police find people in the containers and the theft amounts to a million a month. Green Scouts own and operate about 260 collection containers for beverage packaging around the country and…
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Theft from Green Scout cans amounts to nearly twelve million a year. The locks are cut apart with abrasive rocks and police have found people in the containers. People use specially made tools and abrasive rocks to get into Green Scout cans and steal from them. Police find people in the containers and the theft amounts to a million a month. Green Scouts own and operate about 260 collection containers for beverage packaging around the country and…

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RÚV broke the news in on Tuesday, March 10, 2026.
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