The Northern Cape police recently intercepted six suspected copper cable thieves en route from the Western Cape to Gauteng.
THE NORTHERN Cape police recently intercepted six suspected copper cable thieves en route from the Western Cape to Gauteng.
Provincial police spokesperson Colonel Cherelle Ehlers said that in the early hours of August 14, the Northern Cape police acted on information regarding the theft of copper cable believed to belong to Transnet.
According to Ehlers, members of the Provincial Organised Crime unit, along with the Kimberley Flying Squad and the Kimberley K9 unit, intercepted a Nissan bakkie near Britstown. The vehicle was reportedly travelling from the Western Cape to Johannesburg.
Six men, suspected to be foreign nationals and between the ages of 22 and 40, were arrested for tampering with essential infrastructure.
The suspects are believed to have been involved in copper cable thefts in Leeu-Gamka, Laingsburg and Worcester. The stolen cable was recovered in a veld in Worcester.
Ehlers highlighted that the protection of essential infrastructure remains a top priority for law enforcement.
“The SAPS will continue to work diligently to ensure that national key points and essential infrastructure are protected and perpetrators who threaten these structures are brought to book,” she said.
