At approximately 12h23 on Thursday, the dRK Tactical Control centre received information on a local Whatsapp group of suspects on a municipal property on the corners of Cochrane and Essex Terrace in the Westville area.
The information was immediately circulated to our squad unit in the area and within minutes of our members receiving the information, they arrived on the scene.
Upon our reaction members entering the premises a search was conducted on the premises and a single suspect was apprehended attempting to flee the scene with an orange bag in his hand.
When the suspect saw our reaction officer he immediately dropped the bag onto the ground, our member immediately restrained the suspect while our second reaction officer placed him under arrest and cuffed him.
A second suspect was seen fleeing the scene towards the rear of the municipal property. Unfortunately, he managed to evade arrest.
Upon searching the bag it was established that the suspect was striping the bolts and nuts off the heavy machinery on the inside of the substation and was going to sell the items at a local scrapyard.
The South African Police Services were called to the scene to assist.
The suspect was then taken into police custody and a case of theft was registered.
We would like to commend the Westville cpf members on their vigilance and monitoring of crime within the area and would like to take the stand with the cpf in the fight against crime in the area.
Suspect arrested having stripped bolts and nuts off the heavy machinery on the inside of a sub station https://t.co/lwHNZbN7KT #Crime @DrkTactical @Eskom_SA pic.twitter.com/bkmIQ7XlIq
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