Police arrest duo for suspected stolen copper cables, damaging and tampering with essential infrastructure

The fight against causing damages to and/or tampering with critical infrastructure gained success, after information was received about suspected stolen copper cables in Mooinooi and Taung respectively.

In Mooinooi on Thursday, 20 April 2023, members of Brits Crime Intelligence and Mooinooi Crime Prevention went to a scrapyard in Modderspruit in Mooinooi where a 29-year-old suspect was successfully traced and found in possession of copper cables to an estimated value of R40 000-00. He was immediately arrested and charged with being in possession of suspected stolen copper cables, causing damages to and/or tampering with essential infrastructure in accordance with Section 3 of the Criminal Matters Amendment Act, 2015 (Act No.18 of 2015).

The suspect will be appearing before the Brits Magistrate’s Court today, 24 April 2023.

In another separate incident on Saturday, 22 April 2023, Taung Crime Prevention and Pudimoe Crime Intelligence members made a follow-up on suspected copper cable theft activity. The team members ultimately went to Lokgabeng village, near Taung where a suspect was found in possession of skinned copper cables. He was arrested after failing to account for the possession. The value of the copper cable is estimated at R40 000-00.

The 46-year-old suspect will appear before the Taung Magistrates’ Court today, 24 April 2023, on charges of possession of suspected stolen copper cables and tampering with / damages or destruction of essential infrastructure in accordance with Section 3 of the Criminal Matters Amendment Act, 2015 (Act No.18 of 2015).