6 cable thieves charged in city
CASES have been filed against six persons for theft of communications cable in two occasions in Dagupan City, according to the police.
Sr. Inspector Onofre Tabangin, chief of the PNP investigation division, said four of the suspects were arrested last April 20 and two others last May 5.
In the latest incident, the two suspects stole a submerged cable line of the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company below Quintos bridge.
The suspects were arrested while in the process of extracting the copper wire from the cable line inside the old Pantranco compound.
Tabangin said the high price fetched by copper wire in the market is what encourages the series of theft cases of communications cable line.
The stolen copper wires are sold to local junkshops.
Tabangin has scheduled a dialogue with junkshop owners to warn them about their risks buying stolen communications cable line.
Buying stolen items is punishable by the anti-fencing law.
Tabangin also enjoined the public to immediately report to the police any person seen detaching communication lines from electric posts at night. –APE
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