After noticing that metal was missing from his North Reef Road scrapyard, the owner recently asked his employees for information.
One man came forward and claimed that two of his colleagues had taken the scrap metal.
The man was asked to identify the thieves to the police.
Officers arrested a 24-year-old and 32-year-old for the theft.
The two men were taken to the Primrose Police Station pending their appearance in the Germiston Magistrates Court.
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