(jd) The employee of a construction company discovered a theft on Monday (21.07.) at 7.00 a.m.: The previously unknown suspects stole several hundred meters of underground and power cables from a hall on Hamerkampstraße. To do this, they rolled the cables off a cable drum and cut them. The total damage to property was in the five-figure range. An employee had last left the site on Friday afternoon - at that time all the cables were still in place. Herford police are asking any witnesses who observed anything unusual over the course of the weekend to contact them on 05221/8880.