Woodley Park scrap dealer on station bail after confrontation over junk piles

The huge piles of scrap materials in the area

A scrap metal dealer of Woodley Park, West Coast Berbice was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly abusing regional officials who asked him to clear up the area.

The man was released on station bail the following day and has since started to remove some of the items.

Residents had told this newspaper that the materials were not just an eyesore but they were blocking the drains and were hazardous to their health and wellbeing.

The items also posed a danger to schoolchildren who were climbing on a 40-ft container