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Aug 22, 2012 News
Two men who were caught with a large quantity of Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) cables on Saturday at ‘D’ Field, Sophia, were remanded to prison when they appeared before Magistrate Alex Moore at the Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court yesterday.
The men, Ivor Bellingy of 67 B Field and Compton Semple of 375 Section B, both in Sophia, were charged with simple larceny of the cables valued at $4M.
They were apprehended by the South Turkeyen Policing Group and were taken to the Turkeyen Police Station.
The cables, which contain 600 lines within, are from Sections Eight and Nine of ‘B’ Field Sophia where they were severed from a utility pole.
According to reports, the policing group, acting on information, proceeded to a house in ‘D’ Field, Sophia, where the items were recovered.
The owner of a vehicle (number provided) which was parked outside the residence, was confronted and taken to the Turkeyen Police Station.
The vehicle was searched and various cutting instruments were found, which suggested that the vehicle was used to transport the stolen GT&T cables.
Another resident of ‘D’ Field, Sophia, was also held in connection with damaging the GT&T cables.
Copper is being stolen from the cables to facilitate the scrap metal trade, and calls have been made for the government to review the situation so as to assist not only GT&T, but persons in communities affected by these malicious acts.
The phone company urged citizens to be vigilant and to immediately report any suspected acts of vandalism of GT&T’s cables and equipment to its ‘Vandalism Hotline” number – 0908.
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