Harsher sentences for cable thieves

By Staff Writer

The City of Ekurhuleni calls on the justice system to harshly sentence five brazen cable thieves arrested for theft. Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) Anti-Cable Theft Unit officers swiftly responded to a call of an ongoing theft of essential electricity supply infrastructure yesterday evening.

“The suspects fled the scene after being aware of the police reaction, and they were later arrested in possession of a stolen 12-metre copper cable, weighing two hundred and forty kilograms (240 kg), with a street value of R28 8000 and a toy gun,” said Ekurhuleni in a statement. Five suspects were detained at Boksburg North SAPS Police Station and charged with malicious damage to infrastructure, theft, possession of stolen property, and possession of dangerous weapons. The case will be heard in the Boksburg Magistrate’s Court.