Metal recyclers body distances itself from GPL metal theft

Guyana Metal Recyclers Association Director Desmond Sears

Director of the Guyana Metal Recyclers Association Desmond Sears on Wednesday distanced the membership of the organisation at the alleged recent discovery of 3,000 ft of service wire belonging to the Guyana Power and Light Company (GPL) from the premises of what was described in another section of the media as a ‘dealership’ located at Princes and Bishop streets. Reports of the recent GPL incident have alluded to non-ferrous metals though Sears insisted that since that section of the trade was officially closed there was no question of having those metals legally shipped out of Guyana. He said while that circumstance reduced the likelihood that the metals found recently would have involved members of the association there was a general awareness that there were other ways of moving illegally acquired metals out of the country.

Sears told Stabroek Business that the association had good reason to be concerned that occurrences like the recent theft from GPL