On 12 January 2022, a 48-year-old male was arrested when found in possession of 486.5 Kilograms of copper wire. The arrest followed after members from Kroonstad highway patrol conducted a st... Read more
On 06 October 2021, the Ladysmith Regional Court handed out a seven-year sentence to a gang of four cable thieves for vandalising and stealing telecommunications infrastructure in Ladismith.... Read more
Police in Gauteng arrested a suspect in Alexandra on Tuesday, 28 September 2021, for possession of stolen goods as well as for non-compliance with the Second-Hand Goods Act (Act 6 of 2009).... Read more
Members of group 2 of the Kathu Crime prevention unit led by Sgt Ben Eiman inclusive of Constables Blythe Jantjes, Beatriz Canchibatho and Tswarelo Moleme clamped down on suspected copper th... Read more
The Welkom Public Order Police Reaction Team deployed in Bethlehem engaged in an operation with Transnet targeting copper theft. They went to the scrapyard and requested to search. The owner... Read more
Finance Chitambara (41), Andile Mankule (46), Tsietsi Moretele (38) and Petrus Papala (35) appeared in the Wolmaransstad Magistrates’ Court on Friday, 4 June 2021, for possession of su... Read more
On Monday, 31 May 2021, the Rapid Rail Police Unit conducted an operation at a scrap metal in Malvern when they spotted a vehicle full of metals. The said vehicle was stopped and a search wa... Read more
Police officers from the Rapid Rail Police Unit were conducting operations in Pinetown yesterday when they received information about a scrap yard dealing in stolen copper cables. The team p... Read more
An intelligence-driven operation was conducted by various units in the SAPS yesterday at Vryheid East and Bhekuzulu Township. Police received information about the suspects who were in posse... Read more
Station commander of Jeffreys Bay with the assistance of a private security guard nabbed a 23-year-old in possession of copper cables valued over R35 000 on the roadside in Jeffreys Bay toda... Read more
