TWO men were each sentenced to 18 months’ hard labour after they pleaded guilty to larceny of Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago (TSTT) cables.
Marlon Soodeen, 34, of Rio Claro and Vinod Sookdeo, 41, of Biche, were handed the sentences by Rio Claro Magistrate Taramatie Ramdass, on Wednesday.
Between 1 am and 5 am on Tuesday, officers of the Eastern Division were on patrol along the Tabaquite Road, in Rio Claro, when the men were wrapping what appeared to be TSTT cables on the side of the roadway.
Upon checking, the officers found a quantity of cable which were cut from nearby TSTT poles and a number of cable cutting implements in the suspects’ possession.
The men were arrested and subsequently charged with larceny of the cables by PC Leston Billy, of the Rio Claro Police Station. Investigations were supervised by Insp. Ragbir and Sgt Maharaj.
