Over £500k of equipment stolen from MoD in ten months

Defence Management reports:

Snare drums, morphine, a bearskin hat and a shed door were among more than £500,000 worth of items reported lost or stolen from the Ministry of Defence in the last ten months, official data has shown.

Telescopic rods valued at £67,700, four generators worth £25,000, sniper's sights to the value of £8,000 and assorted laptop computers, mobile phones and satellite navigation systems were among the items listed as missing between March 2011 and January 2012.

Rifle parts, ration packs, armour and ammunition holders were also among the £527,879 total value of equipment listed.

MPs recently criticised the rise in reported theft from Ministry of Defence facilities after figures showed that around £1.9m of equipment was lost or stolen in 2010/11. Five years previously the value of reported thefts was set at £367,000...