Truck damages GPL network in Ruimveldt
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August 19, 2026
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…driver, 2 porters arrested, granted $100,000 bail each
A truck damaging a section of the Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL) network in Ruimveldt, Georgetown, on Tuesday afternoon resulted in an electricity interruption, with the driver and two porters later taken into Police custody and each placed on $100,000 station bail.
According to GPL, the vehicle, bearing registration number GYY 5259, was travelling north along La Penitence Public Road when it turned west and became entangled with overhead telephone cables.
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