“”No self-respecting thief will risk stealing something he knows he can fence.””
Do you think thieves have self respect? You mean, “can’t fence?”
Why don’t they just go in and steal the entire vehicles - take them to their chop-shops and paint them and drive them over the border?
It calls them “out of service “ which I thought meant no working or needed repair
And the gates to drive through might be harder than slipping through fence