Seven people to appear in court for allegedly tampering with municipal infrastructure

Suspects alleged to have tempered with municipal infrastructure are due in court today.

May 6, 2022

Simangele Khoza 1 minute read

Seven foreign nationals will make their first appearance today before Ogies Magistrate’s Court following their arrest on Wednesday, May 4.

According to Warrant Officer Vincent Mmotong from Phola Police Station, they apprehended four people who were sitting on the back of a bakkie.

The bakkie was fully loaded with heavy items. While questioning them about the municipality pipes they were carrying, two of the four suspects fled.

W/O Mmotong called for backup, and that is when they discovered more suspects busy digging for pipes.

The police managed to arrest seven people suspecting to be part of the group who were illegally tampering with essential municipal infrastructure.

“It’s a good thing what the members did, because people who commit such crimes, disrupt the functioning of the country. They deserve to face the harshest charges possible,” the Station Commander Lieutenant Colonel Nape Philmon Matlala concluded.