LESCO detects 383 power pilferers in 24 hours

LAHORE: Lahore Electric Supply Company (LESCO) has detected a total of 383 connections from where the customers were pilfering electricity in all its circles of five districts (Lahore, Sheikhupura, Nankana Sahib, Kasur and Okara) on the 151st day of grand anti-power theft campaign.

LESCO spokesman told the media here Wednesday that the company had also submitted FIR applications against electricity thieves, out of which 169 FIRs had been registered in respective police stations, while one accused had been arrested.

Grand anti-power theft operations against electricity thieves are being conducted on the directives of the Federal Power Division and the LESCO Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Engineer Shahid Haider is supervising these operations.