Linden duo charged with stealing over $1.2M in pipes from GWI

Curtis Reid and Royston Peters

The alleged theft of over $1.2M in steel pipes from the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) landed two men, including a driver who had been hired by the company, in front of a city court yesterday.

Driver Curtis Reid and contractor Royston Peters appeared before city magistrate Ann McLennan on a joint charge that they stole 172 15’ 2” steel pipes, worth $1,204,000 and property of GWI, in Central Amelia’s Ward, Linden, between July 13th and August 3rd.

Both men pleaded not guilty to the charge.

Peters, of Amelia’s Ward, Linden, was unrepresented, while Reid, 27, was