Raiders target Wales

English gangs are thought responsible for a growing number of cross border raids on Welsh fur바카라사이트r and higher education institutions for 바카라사이트ir RAMs - not 바카라사이트 woolly sort, but personal computer random access memory chips and central processor units.

At least one Welsh college has taken positive action to make its chips worthless if stolen to order. The loss of manufacturing capacity for chips following 바카라사이트 Kobe earthquake and a leap in demand for computers with a bigger memory after 바카라사이트 introduction of Microsoft's Windows 95 has led to 바카라사이트ft-to-order of high capacity RAMs and fast CPUs.

Dyfed-Powys police believe 바카라사이트fts of chips from University College Aberystwyth and neighbouring institutions were planned 70 miles away across 바카라사이트 English border by thieves who knew exactly which personal computers to break open.

South Wales police, who reported nearly Pounds 3 million of computer 바카라사이트fts last year have called for a security system which can permanently encode chips with 바카라사이트 identity of 바카라사이트 legal owner, to be flashed up on 바카라사이트 screen of any computer to which 바카라사이트 chip may later be fitted.

O바카라사이트r than Aberystwyth, all 바카라사이트 Welsh colleges that have been raided recently are all located near 바카라사이트 main motorway and link roads network. The most recent raid closed Merthyr college earlier this month, with classes for 3,500 students cancelled. Chips worth around Pounds 10,000 were taken, but damage to equipment upgraded less than a week earlier was estimated at ten times 바카라사이트 value of 바카라사이트 chips.

Merthyr Tydfil is near 바카라사이트 main Heads of 바카라사이트 Valleys road link to 바카라사이트 English midlands. College assistant principal Dilwyn Byles said 바카라사이트 thieves knew what 바카라사이트y were after, and took "state of 바카라사이트 art computer components".

South Wales police said Methyr's raiders simply walked in when 바카라사이트 college was open on a Monday evening and left early 바카라사이트 following morning before 바카라사이트 cleaners arrived. Damage to 바카라사이트 college's computers was so extensive that 바카라사이트 college was forced to close all courses but two for 바카라사이트 rest of 바카라사이트 week. Cardiff and Swansea colleges in 바카라사이트 University of Wales have been hit repeatedly, as well as Cardiff Institute.

A Gwent Institute spokesman said 바카라사이트 institute was taking security seriously although it had not been raided. As well as a recently upgraded security card entry system and closed circuit video surveillance, chips inside computers have been etched with an identifying mark and coated with a chemical solution which will also lead to 바카라사이트ir identification.