Businessman pays $4.4M to retrieve trucks seized in Govt derelict-removal drive

Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill has disclosed that the owner of some of the trucks that were recently seized by the government in its derelict-removal drive recently paid $4.4 million to get them back.

“The gentleman who refused to remove his derelict vehicles has paid the $4.4 million for the removal, so he can get back his trucks that he used as a barricade, and that is the penalty for lawlessness,” Edghill told the National Assembly on Monday during his contribution to the Budget 2026 debates.

Edghill says owners of vehicles recently seized by the government can reclaim them after paying a fee. The minister subsequently disclosed that owners can pay a fee to get them back.

One of the sites where the removal exercise was conducted was the Old Railway Embankment behind the GuyOil Gas Station, where the road was blocked by abandoned vehicles owned by Global Spare Parts and Auto Sales.

At that location, the owner of the auto sales had contracted two trucks to act as a barricade to the officials attempting to remove the derelict vehicles. Those trucks were also towed by the government during its exercise.

Another location was Sandy Babb and Middleton Streets, Georgetown, where a tarmac built for recreational purposes was occupied with derelict vehicles.

Owners of vehicles seized by Govt can pay to get them back – Edghill