The vigilance and persistence of officers attached to the Economic Infrastructure Task Team in collaboration with the public ensured that essential infrastructure was recovered and two suspects are behind bars.
On Tuesday at about 11:00 officers attached to Economic Infrastructure Task Team reacted on information received from a member of the public about two suspects who were busy cutting catenary Transnet cables in an open field situated in Fairyland in Paarl.
The officers immediately reacted on the information and on their arrival at the scene they found the two suspects red-handed, busy cutting cables into smaller pieces.
They arrested the two suspects aged 34 and 44 and seized the following items: 50 meters catenary Transnet cables and 8.5 kg loose copper pieces, a hacksaw and two pliers.
The discovery is valued at about R50 000.
The two suspects face charges relating to the possession of stolen property and appeared in the Paarl Magistrates’ court last Thursday (25 January).
