SOME PEOPLE ARE STILL rummaging for food and ancillary items at the Mangrove Landfill.
A NATION team witnessed several people fervently digging through the garbage after it was deposited at the St Thomas national dump on Saturday.
Janice Jones, acting general manager of the Sanitation Service Authority (SSA), which has responsibility for the facility, told the NATION yesterday: “This problem had surfaced from around 1997. Over time some of the fencing has become broken. We call in the police when we witness the theft of items from the landfill. But as soon as they see the police they run away – only to return after they leave.”
At least six people were seen scurrying from the area as soon as security was called in, only to return as soon as they left.
One of the men scavenging said: “I get regular checks and I safe. I ain’t out there robbing nobody. I ain’t got no bacteria on me. I hey hustling hard for what I want.”
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