STF to be deployed to control power cable thefts during night

25 December 2024 04:55 pm Views - 1976

Colombo, December 25 (Daily Mirror)- The Police Special Task Force (STF) will be deployed to contain theft of power cables laid to supply electricity to the Katunayake-Colombo expressway, according to a statement from the Highways, Ports and Civil Aviation Ministry.

The statement said the Road Development Authority (RDA), upon instructions by Minister Bimal Rathnayake, requested Public Security Minister Ananda Wijepala to act in this regard.

According to the statement, the STF personnel will patrol the expressway after nightfall to curb unscrupulous individuals chipping away power cables.  The Ministry said this had been a crime relentlessly committed by drug addicts.