Mine workers arrested for theft of 10,000 tons of coal worth zl.1.5 million
Eighteen employees of the Ziemowit Coal Mine in Ledziny have been accused of
the theft and illegal sale of over 10,000 tons of coal. The mine estimates
that the losses amount to zl.1.5 million. Among those detained by police are
several women who operated the weighing machines in the sales department,
security guards and supervisors. The police have revealed that two methods
were used to steal the coal. The first and not very sophisticated method was
for trucks to depart from the mine without any supervision. The second
method involved the women who operated the weighing machines recording the
weights of trucks leaving the mine as lower than in reality they were.
(Rzeczpospolita, p. A3) A.K.
