POLICE seized two suspects with 87kg of copper cables together with three kilograms of aluminium, amounting to a total value of R85 430 in West Turffontein on July 27.
The suspects were taken to the Booysens Police Station and were charged with theft of copper cables.
The Department of Public Safety’s Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department (JMPD) received a tip-off from members of the public regarding a white Mazda van, fully loaded with copper cables on the corner of Stanton Street and Klipriver Roads
Officers arrived on the scene and found two foreign nationals in the unlicensed vehicle and requested to see the documentation which allowed them to have the cables in their possession.
None of the suspects could produce any documentation. However, the officers found a certificate registering the two as second-hand dealers. This led the officers to believe that the suspects could be dealing in stolen copper cables.
The information provided by the community members was vital to ensuring the suspects were brought to book. Residents are urged to report criminal activities within their communities to the police to ensure that those who aim to wreak havoc in our city are arrested. The war against crime is a joint effort and this incident proved that when we work together we will win.
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