A purchaser of stolen Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GTT) cable was apprehended by law enforcement officers at Pasha’s Scrap Yard in Albouystown on Wednesday night.
A release from GTT yesterday said that the arrest came closely on the heels of an offered reward of $500,000 for information leading to the apprehension of the perpetrator.
GTT said that only last week, on September 12 and 13, 300 meters of cable were stolen at New Hope and Friendship on the East Bank of Demerara respectively. After the cable was cut and removed more than 400 customers lost both voice and data services.
Within a day of that theft, GTT said that information was received in response to the reward offer.
