The City of Cape Town’s Metals Theft Unit arrested a suspect on Monday for metal theft.
Police received a tip-off about an address storing stolen
copper cables.
They responded, and on their way to the address they were
provided with information of the commodity being transported and moved in the
Kraaifontein area.
Police identified the vehicle, pulled it over, and
successfully recovered copper wires which the suspect could not account for.
According to The City of Cape Town Law Enforcement’s spokesperson, Wayne
Dyason, the suspects premises were also searched and more stolen items
were successfully discovered.
“This led to the discovery of eight bags of overhead copper
wire cut p into smaller pieces. The suspect could not give any account for the
property and was arrested in terms of the criminal matters and amendment act
secondly in terms of the general law amendment act”, he added.
Done by: Alungile Njemla
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