Po­lice are search­ing for two Ja­maican na­tion­als and an­oth­er man from the Bank Vil­lage, Cara­pichaima area, who they be­lieve can as­sist them in in­ves­ti­ga­tions sur­round­ing al­leged ca­ble theft.

Po­lice be­lieve the three men were at the scene when 24-year-old Dil­lon Straughn, a labour­er from Per­se­ver­ance Vil­lage, Cara­pichaima, was shot dead on Sat­ur­day morn­ing by a res­i­dent armed with a shot­gun.

Straughn was al­leged­ly caught steal­ing ca­bles along Wa­ter­loo Road, Bank Vil­lage, near Sinaswee Street, when res­i­dents called on him and oth­ers to stop. The shoot­ing in­ci­dent oc­curred around 4.35 am.

Ac­cord­ing to a po­lice re­port, Straughn’s two oth­er ac­com­plices, a 17-year-old of Chase Vil­lage and a 16-year-old of Per­se­ver­ance Vil­lage, were al­so shot and in­jured. The dri­ver of the ve­hi­cle they ar­rived at the site in fled the scene, leav­ing the dead man and his ac­com­plices be­hind.

Po­lice sources con­firmed that they re­ceived in­for­ma­tion about a big­ger ca­ble theft ring op­er­at­ing out of the area and strong­ly be­lieve that the two Ja­maican na­tion­als and an­oth­er man, who is al­leged­ly in­volved in the scrap iron busi­ness, may be able to as­sist them in their in­ves­ti­ga­tions.

Po­lice said the mem­bers of the ca­ble/cop­per steal­ing ring are sus­pect­ed to be in­volved in theft in the ar­eas of Bank Vil­lage, Or­ange Field Road, Wa­ter­loo, Or­ange Val­ley and Cou­va.

Po­lice are ask­ing mem­bers of the pub­lic who may have in­for­ma­tion on peo­ple in­volved in the il­le­gal act of cop­per theft and on the where­abouts of the three men to con­tact them at 800 TIPS, 555, 999 or via the TTPS app.

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