Stall holders within the Stabroek and Bourda markets say they are certain that thefts are being carried out by vendors operating in the very markets and some are fearful of making reports since they themselves may fall victim to sabotage.
“Is the stallholders themselves doing this thing… they locking themselves in the stands in the night, then come out and do what they got to do,” one stall holder at the Bourda Market told Stabroek News on Wednesday. The woman asked not to have her name published, while many others refused to comment on the issue of security.
According to the woman, members of the City Constabulary at one time used to operate in the market during the nights but this has since stopped. Now, she said, the market is secured and the constabulary would make checks—a