With Trinidad and Tobago now plagued with the same emergency that had loomed large here some years ago, the country’s Attorney General Reginald Armour has announced that the twin-island republic will be perusing legislation already in place in other Caribbean Community (CARICOM) territories, including Guyana, in an effort to put a brake on rampant metal theft that is targeting some of the country’s more critical service installations.
As was the case in Guyana some years ago when metal theft had risen to a critical level, the authorities in Port of Spain have imposed an immediate six-month ban on scrap iron and copper exports. The decision to place an immediate brake on metal exports was announced by the country’s Attorney General came in response to what the T&T Observer says were thefts that targeted “critical state infrastructure.” The authorities have named the Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago Limited (TTSA) and the local Water and Sewerage Authority. (WASA), occurrences as the primary targets of the metal thieves.
