Thieves in fake electricity uniforms steal power transmission lines in Mocha

English - Friday 19 April 2019 الساعة 04:45 pm
Mocha – NewsYemen.net

Private sources said thieves disguised themselves as real power engineers on Tuesday night stole high-pressure lines in al-Barati's house area till Kharsan's House area in al-Amoudi neighborhood in Mocha district in Taiz province.

The residents who saw engineers, fake engineers, did not object the cutting process of power lines, believing that they might be undergoing periodic maintenance, cutting off power in some parts of this coastal city.

They discovered the theft only the following morning when high-pressure lines appeared to be cut off, including the power electricity.

The residents expressed to Newsyemen their discontent over what had happened, as such actions confuse that the Local Authority's efforts to restore the electricity.

Thieves often steal large cables of power transmission lines to extract the copper and sell it on the market.