LAHORE: Lahore Electric Supply Company (Lesco) teams on Tuesday detected 544 connections from where the customers were pilfering electricity in all its circles of five districts (Lahore, Sheikhupura, Nankana Sahib, Kasur and Okara) during its anti-power theft campaign in the last 24 hour.

The Lesco spokesman said that the company has also submitted FIR applications against electricity thieves, of which 212 FIRs were registered in respective police stations, while 37 accused have been arrested by the respective police.

Large commercial consumers were also found involved in electricity theft.

Among the seized connections, 16 commercial, three agricultural, three industrial and 522 domestic and all of them were also disconnected and charged with detection units. All these connections were disconnected.

Published in Dawn, November 27th, 2024