Telkom cables recovered in Mfuleni and Stellenbosch, suspect due in court

Continued efforts to bring those responsible for destroying essential infrastructure to book yielded positive results when members of the Economic Infrastructure Task Team arrested a 65-year-old male for the possession of Telkom cable on Tuesday, 09 August 2022.

The members were busy with a compliance inspection at an identified scrap dealer in Mfuleni when they found 17 rolls of Telkom cable on the premises. Further investigation led the members to a farm in Stellenbosch where they found 500 kilogram of cable. The estimated street value of the cables is R50 000-00.

Once charged the suspect will appear in the Blue Downs Magistrates court on a charge of possession of presumed stolen property.

In an unrelated matter members of the Maitland Flying Squad arrested a 49 –year-old male for the possession of a hijacked vehicle and an imitation firearm in Athlone on Tuesday evening. The members followed up information about a vehicle that was hijacked in Mitchell’s Plain and while patrolling in Athlone area spotted the vehicle.

The suspect is due to make a court appearance in the Athlone Magistrates court on Thursday11 August 2022.