Metro arrests service provider employees in connection for waste depot heist
"The City is currently studying the contract it holds with the service provider and has suspended all business with the company. Appropriate legal action will be taken against the company, without fear or favor. The City will not be associated with criminals," - metro spokesperson.
The EMPD has arrested three suspects in connection with the robbery of goods from the City’s Germiston Waste Depot.
The depot was robbed on Sunday, June 23 of items including, vehicle tyres, office furniture, fridges, microwaves and other valuable items.
The incident follows a robbery in Boksburg on May 2 when a gang of robbers stormed the metro’s parks department on Railway Street in Plantation.
Once the robbers had left the property, the guards discovered eight batteries from the trucks parked in the yard had been stolen.
Regarding the latest incident, Themba Gadebe, spokesperson for the City of Ekurhuleni, said upon further investigation the EMPD uncovered that the suspects worked for a security company, which is also a registered service provider of the City.
Mayor Mzwandile Masina said: “Last year we launched Operation O Kae Molao with the intent of cracking down on criminality within the City. We are now currently moving towards making weekly arrests of internal and external acts of criminality in our City.
“Service providers must be warned that they are appointed to provide a service that is supposed to uplift communities in Ekurhuleni. Our stance remains the same, no acts of criminality will be tolerated by the City.
“We hope the courts make an example of these individuals, so that any other service providers who has ideas of robbing the City, think twice,” said the mayor.
The suspects are being held at the Germiston Police Station. Their court appearance date is yet to be confirmed.
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