Earlier this month, Nexans announced it was investing to increase its presence in the collection of wire and cable scrap in Europe ... emerging as a key solution to possible shortages of this metal, ...

RELATED: On Aug. 16, the task force investigated Cash 4 Scrap Recycling at two separate ... Detectives Alan Hamilton noted that the metal and copper wire being taken to recyclers are clearly ...

Authorities have also recovered nine firearms and are looking into "questionable activity" by scrap yards ... recovered wire to their copper wire task force — dubbed the heavy metal task ...