Textiles dumped at historic burial mound in Gingelom, possibly stolen before collection

Unknown people dumped textiles near one of Gingelom's ancient Roman burial mounds, an area where traffic is normally prohibited.

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The burial mounds, our ancient Roman burial mounds, are in a somewhat remote agricultural redevelopment area. Traffic is normally prohibited there. But we regularly deal with illegal dumping there.

Municipal alderwoman Ingrid Scheepers said the site lies in an isolated agricultural redevelopment area and has repeatedly attracted illegal dumping. This time, the discarded material included bags belonging to Limburg.net.

"We suspect that the bags were stolen just before the collection last Monday," Scheepers said. She added that the same thing had happened in the past: thieves sorted through the textiles and dumped whatever they could not use.

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We suspect that the bags were stolen just before the collection last Monday.

The municipality's technical service has since cleared the illegal dump.

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We have noticed this in the past as well. The thieves sorted the textiles and dumped what they could not use.