EDITORS' FORUM: The power struggle - Criminals capture, rent houses with perks of free light, water
Oct 7th, 2021 | Category: GLEANER PREMIUM | 1:37#JamaicaGleaner #JPS #Theft #Electricity OCTOBER 7, 2021: Brazen criminals in inner-city neighbourhoods are renting captured or abandoned premises, fully loaded, free of utility charges for electricity and water, to interested persons and are profiting from encroachment on Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) infrastructure. The St Andrew South police say they have received reports of this practice in various communities where residents, including gangsters, have trespassed on the grid of the light and power company.
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