Police so far have been unable to make a breakthrough in the investigation into the theft of as many 100 laptops from the warehouse of government’s One Laptop Per Family (OLPF) project.
Updating Stabroek News yesterday, Crime Chief Seelall Persaud said that investigations are still ongoing and so far no arrest has been made.
He said that persons are still being questioned about the theft which occurred over a three-month period. An official report was made to the police almost two weeks ago.
Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr. Roger Luncheon told reporters last week that there was a theft and said that the matter was in the hands of the police. According to Luncheon, the discovery of the theft was made at the warehouse located at 267 Forshaw Street, Queenstown.
He said too that a considerable number was taken but he was not certain about the number.
Luncheon added that so far no suspect has been identified and no worker has been interdicted from duty at the OLPF Secretariat, which is also at the Forshaw Street location.
The OLPF has been mired in controversy from its inception, and the timing of the distribution of the first devices ahead of last year’s elections attracted criticism that it was an electioneering project.
Under the project, the government plans to distribute 90,000 to poor families over a three-year period.
