{"id":52082,"date":"2023-09-07T15:38:57","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T13:38:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/communitys-bold-action-enables-copper-cable-thief-arrests-20230907\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T07:56:45","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T05:56:45","slug":"communitys-bold-action-enables-copper-cable-thief-arrests-20230907","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/communitys-bold-action-enables-copper-cable-thief-arrests-20230907\/","title":{"rendered":"Community\u2019s bold action enables copper cable thief arrests"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"left\" id=\"embed_17af2f4b\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/9273\/06b45641340d4499bb05c7d3dadaba52.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/a67237e9c20e4b5aa8cda0737836604e.jpg\" title=\"The members of the community with the police who arrested the copper cable thieves.Photo: SAPS\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">The members of the community with the police who arrested the copper cable thieves.Photo: SAPS<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks to residents of Kutloanong\u2019s assistance in making an arrest, four alleged copper cable thieves were cuffed by the police on 2 September. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The residents gave information to the Kutloanong Satellite Police Station about a suspect who was on the way to sell copper cables at a supermarket in block 1. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Members of the community lay hold of the suspect, who had copper cables in his possession, and more copper cables were found at the supermarket and seized by the Odendaalsrus police.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two scrap yard owners, 23 and 24 years old, and two foreign nationals, 38 and 43 years old, were arrested. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In total, 46 rolls of 18 core copper cable were seized at the supermarket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The suspects appeared in the Odendaalsrus Magistrates\u2019 Court on 4 September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI applaud the residents of Kutloanong for being a reporting nation; this led to the arrests and seizure of copper cables,\u201d said Brig. 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