Two arrested for copper cable theft in the Moot
"Our response team immediately drove to the scene where they were apprehended and handed over to the police."
Two men were arrested for being in possession of copper cables worth more than R5 000 in the early hours of Thursday, October 28.
The suspects, believed to be in their 20s, were arrested on the corners of Lawson and Codonia avenues in Waverley in the Moot just after 02:00.
According to Reinhard Raschke of Citi Protection, video footage in their control room showed that the suspects broke into a substation where they were busy stealing the cables.
“Our response team immediately drove to the scene where they were apprehended and handed over to the police,” he said.
Villieria police station spokesperson Warrant Officer Marinda Austin said the suspects were charged for possession of suspected stolen property.
“The suspects are still in custody where they are set to appear in the Pretoria magistrate’s court soon,” she said.
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