According to police, the man was arrested on the corner of Frances and De la Rey streets. Yeoville police spokesperson Constable Thabo Malatji said the police were on routine patrol when they noticed a man carrying a black bag walking along the street.
Malatji said, “Police stopped the man and searched the bag he was carrying and found burnt copper cables.”
He said when police asked him about the copper, he said he was going to sell them to a scrap metal dealer. The suspect was arrested and is expected to appear in the Hillbrow Magistrate’s Court.
Meanwhile, three men were arrested for stabbing a man. Maltji said police were called to the corner of Raleigh Street and Bedford Road where they found three men assaulting the man and stabbing him. He added that the three suspects were arrested and were expected to appear in the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court.
