Sea Lots man held for underground cable theft

SHANE SU­PERVILLE

Se­nior Re­porter

A 26-year-old Sea Lots man is ex­pect­ed to be ques­tioned and charged af­ter he was held in con­nec­tion with the theft of $12,000 worth of un­der­ground telecom­mu­ni­ca­tions ca­ble on Tues­day morn­ing.

Po­lice said a group of men vis­it­ed Thoma­sine Street, Laven­tille, where they cut both ends of the ca­ble, which were 300 feet apart.

Dur­ing the theft, the ban­dits re­port­ed­ly tied one end of the ca­ble and dragged it out from un­der­ground.

Of­fi­cers of the Port of Spain Di­vi­sion re­spond­ed and ar­rest­ed one of the men. They al­so con­fis­cat­ed a pair of bolt cut­ters at the scene.

The oth­er sus­pects, sources say, re­main at large as en­quiries con­tin­ue by of­fi­cers of the Besson Street CID.