The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Cross River Command, has arrested two suspects for allegedly vandalizing telecommunications assets in the state. Kinini-Iyeme said the breakthrough followed intense, intelligence-led operation that led to the arrest of 24-year- old scrap metal dealer. He explained that the suspect served as the primary receiver for stolen ATC Base Transceiver Station (BTS) equipment in the Odukpani Local Government axis of the state. “During preliminary interrogations, the principal suspect confessed to actively stripping the telecom site and selling the stolen components to a local scrap dealer. According to Kinini-Iyeme, the receiver admitted to purchasing the items from the principal suspect on two separate occasions but claimed ignorance of their origin.