Joint task force to address the issue of cables and metal thefts

Joint task force to address the issue of cables and metal thefts

By Marika Rasekaseka
Friday 01/04/2022
[Photo: Fiji Police Force]

Police have formed a joint task force with the Ministry of Commerce and Trade and the Republic of Fiji Military Forces in collaboration with Telecom Fiji Limited, Water Authority of Fiji and Energy Fiji Limited to address the issue of cables and metal thefts.

Police say they have received a report that a 40 metre cable from a Lautoka Telecom Fiji Limited’s manhole cable junction was stolen last week.

They say scrap metal companies are reminded not to accept copper, aluminum, brass and other materials suspected to belong to the three critical infrastructure companies.

Police are reminding the public that under the Scrap Metal Trade Act Section 5 (1), it's an offence for any person or body who trades or attempts to trade or solicits another person to trade any public infrastructure without the approval of the Licensing Authority shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable upon conviction in the case of a natural person to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years or to both, and in the case of a company to a fine not exceeding $100,000.

Scrap metal dealers are also warned that it's an offence to buy any public infrastructure metal from any person who is not authorized by the Licensing Authority and shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable upon conviction in the case of a natural person to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years or to both, and in the case of a company to a fine not exceeding $100,000.


Five Squares Gray Inn

Latest Videos

Stay tuned for the latest news on our radio stations

CFL radio frequencies
IN DEPTH
Public Consultation on Draft Media Bill
The new media legislation proposed by the coalition government is aiming to preserve the elements of media ownership regulation and registration ...
3 days ago

Proposed Tian Lun project at Nasese
Concerned residents are wondering why there was no publicity about such a huge project that will affect the environment along Queen Elizabeth ...
34 days ago

Leader of Opposition Voreqe Bainimarama suspended from parliament for 3 years
Leader of the Opposition, Voreqe Bainimarama has been suspended from Parliament for 3 years
37 days ago
FEATURE NEWS
They have created a huge mess in the municipal councils – Prof.Prasad
For 8 years the FijiFirst government was reviewing the Local Government Act because they did not want the municipal council elections as they were enj...
2 hours ago
LATEST NEWS
Municipal Councils delay in submitting draft statements to the Auditor General’s Office is the cause of backlog - Immanuel
Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts Esrom Immanuel says municipal councils are not complying with the national standards of ...
12 minutes ago

PM speaks to Sugar Minister on Walesi outburst
Prime Minister, Sitiveni Rabuka and Attorney General, Siromi Turaga met with Minister for Sugar, Charan Jeath Singh in relation to Singh’s comments ...
2 hours ago

We don’t see an acute shortage in the labour force in Fiji - IMF
The International Monetary Fund says they do not see an acute shortage in the labour force in Fiji at this time but emigration from Fiji is reducing ...
3 hours ago

Drunk man sitting in the middle of the road dies after being run over by a taxi
A 24-year-old carpenter has passed away in a road accident near Lakeba Street along Princes Road in Suva. The man from Nadonumai in Lami was ...
3 hours ago

Koroilavesau and Prof.Prasad clash on the issue of the Chairmanship of Public Accounts Committee
FijiFirst MP, Semi Koroilavesau and Minister for Finance, Professor Biman Prasad clashed on the issue of the Chairmanship of the Public Accounts ...
4 hours ago

TOP