JPS is reporting that operations
carried out in collaboration with members of the security forces, has resulted
in the arrest of 304 persons for the illegal abstraction of electricity - since
the start of the year, to July 15. JPS
crews have also pulled down 9,512 throw-up lines for the same period.
This, as crews have been relentlessy
pursuing the perpetrators of electricity theft.
On Tuesday July 14, the teams’ latest move saw the St. Catherine
community of Windsor Heights in Central Village, being rid of 850 throw-up
lines. One man was arrested, but several
others fled from their residences to avoid being associated with the illegal
connections.
On June 30, nine persons were brought
before the Spanish Town Resident Magistrate’s Court, for the illegal
abstraction of electricity. Six of them pleaded
guilty and were fined an average of $150,000 each or six months in prison. Following that, on July 1, five persons were
brought before the Linstead Resident Magistrate’s Court, with the same charge. Four pleaded guilty and were also fined an
average of $150,000 each.
JPS is reminding non-paying users of
electricity, that regularization is a straight forward process. The Company is also anticipating that its
Community Renewal programme in 7 communities in Kingston, will assist in
creating sustained regularization, through public education and practical
assistance (such as house wiring), among other measures.
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