Lesco detects more 440 pilferers.

LAHORE -- The Lahore Electric Supply Company (Lesco) detected a total of 440 connections from where customers were pilfering electricity in all its circles of five districts (Lahore, Sheikhupura, Nankana Sahib, Kasur and Okara) on the 33rd day of an anti-power theft campaign. The Lesco spokesman told media here on Tuesday that the company had also far submitted FIR applications against 439 electricity thieves, out of which 177 FIRs had been registered in respective police stations while 47 accused had been arrested.

On the 33rd consecutive day, the spokesman said a large commercial consumers were also found involved in electricity theft and all of them were also disconnected and charged with detection units. Among the seized connections were 13 commercial, one agricultural and 426 domestic, and all these connections were disconnected and charged with a total of 832,082 units as detection bill amounting to Rs 36.839 million.

He explained that the Lesco charged Rs 492,562 detection bill against 8,890 units to an...