The City of Freeport Council has become the latest victim of copper wire theft after bandits made away with lengths of wire from the Independence Park.<\/p>\n
Freeport City Councillor for High Rock Fritz Thompson said that someone went and cut the supply lines that run underground carrying approximately 600 feet of copper wire.<\/p>\n
The electric box had been broken open and a pipe encasing the wires was broken so the thieves could access the bunch of wire and rip it out of the ground.<\/p>\n
One week ago, two Grand Bahama businesses were also hit by copper thieves and police were said to be investigating those matters.<\/p>\n
According to official reports, sometime between the close of business on Thursday, September 16 and the morning of Friday, September 17, thieves stole copper wire with an estimated value of $500 from an air-conditioning unit located on the outside of the Kelly’s True Value building.<\/p>\n
When employees arrived at the store and turned on the air-conditioning system on Friday morning they realized that it was not functioning properly and went outside to conduct a physical inspection of the unit. It was then that they discovered that the cooper wire from the unit was gone.<\/p>\n
Criminals also made away with the entire air-conditioning unit from the Caribbean Electric store, which is located in the same area as Kelly’s, that same night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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