Two arrested for presumed stolen cables in Maitland
Western Cape police arrested two suspects on Tuesday for being in possession of suspected stolen copper cables.
The arrests comes after officers descended on three scrap metal
companies on Tuesday morning in Maitland.
The police’s Brigadier Novela Potelwa says a 38-year-old manager
of a scrap metal company was arrested.
“She was detained on a charge of contravention of section/s of the
Second Goods Act by failing to keep scrap metal items bought for seven days.”
Furthermore, a 26-year-old man from a different metal company was
arrested for being in possession of suspected stolen property as well as
failure to separate metal bought as prescribed in the Second Goods Act.
COURTESY: SAPS
“A written warning was also issued to a third scrap metal company
for failure to mark metal items received, also stipulated in the Act. The
operations are set to continue in concerted efforts to deal with cable theft
and sale,” added Potelwa.
Part of the cables that was recovered, belonged to Passenger Rail
Agency of South Africa (PRASA), and weighed 2.4 tons.
COURTESY: SAPSThe integrated deployments that executed the operation comprised
different units from SAPS, City of Cape Town’s metro police and law enforcement
as well as PRASA officials.
Metrorail’s Acting Spokesperson in the Western Cape, Nana Zenani,
says officers visited various areas starting with a house in Maitland which
found a suspect busy burning cables inside the house.
“According to SAPS, the suspect was wanted on a spate of house
break-ins. The suspect was arrested and
detained at the Maitland Police Station and was found in possession of tools
and dangerous weapons and dagga with the 2 burnt
cables taken in as evidence. A case of
house break-in has been opened against the suspect.” Maitland SAPS received the
stolen cables and a case was opened against the suspect.
COURTESY: PRASADone By: Mitchum George
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