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Office of Strategic Communications (STRATCOM)
MEDIA RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Police Urge Residents to Guard Against Theft of LPG Cooking Gas Cylinders
St. John’s, Antigua and Barbuda, Saturday, November 1, 2025
The Police are appealing to members of the public to take extra precautions in securing their Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) cooking gas cylinders, following recent reports of thefts in the Parham and surrounding areas.
In one incident, a cook shop in Parham was broken into between 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, October 30 and 6:00 a.m. on Friday, October 31, where two 100-pound gas cylinders were stolen.
In another report, a resident of Paynters discovered that two 100-pound blue gas cylinders, each valued at $175, were stolen from her property between 4:00 a.m. and 8:50 a.m. on October 31.
Officers attached to the Parham Police Station conducted several searches in the affected areas, but the stolen items have not yet been recovered.
The Police are reminding residents to:
- Secure gas cylinders by chaining or locking them to fixed structures.
- Ensure outdoor storage areas are well-lit and, where possible, monitored by surveillance cameras.
- Mark cylinders with identifiable symbols or initials for easy recognition if stolen.
- Report any suspicious activities or individuals seen loitering near residential or commercial premises.
Anyone with information that may assist in the ongoing investigations is asked to contact the Parham Police Station at 463-2060, the Criminal Investigations Department at 462-3913, or Crimestoppers at 800-TIPS (8477).
Further investgations remain ongoing into both incidents.
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Important reminder those gas cylinders are valuable and easy targets. Stay alert, everyone.
Thanks for the heads-up People should really secure their gas tanks it’s happening too often.
So what theu doing with the cylinder they selling it?
Christmas coming so them thief trying to secure their cooking gas before it run out
Wioc have some financial crisis so probably instigated or set up in this gas tank fiasco that we end up making some purchases, especially for the new fibreglass tanks, ostensibly the metal ones are targeted.
Oops! What am I saying this is a corporate set up to bail out the company and especially in view of the season where December triggers a lot of spending due to religious reasons.