Thuringia: Unknown steal wood harvester

Weida (dpa/th) - The theft of a wood harvesting machine in Weida (Greiz district) caused a lot of damage. As the police announced on Monday, unknown persons stole the so-called harvester in a forest between the Loitsch and Hohenölsen districts on Friday afternoon. Accordingly, the perpetrators first removed the chains from the tires and then drove the machine to a nearby parking lot. There they loaded the heavy machine onto a low-loader and fled with the help of a tractor-trailer. According to the police, the damage was in the mid-five-digit range. The police are looking for witnesses who have made observations about the crime and the semitrailer.