Man appears in KZN court for copper theft
The Hawks are clamping down on copper theft, with a suspected thief appearing in a northern KwaZulu-Natal court on Thursday.
Officials say members from the Richards Bay Serious Organised Crime Unit arrested the 27-year-old man on Wednesday after they found him in possession of property suspected to be stolen in Vryheid.
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They say officers received information about the cable theft and an undercover operation was conducted at Mark Street.
The man was allegedly found with a twenty-meter copper cable which was positively identified by a Vryheid municipal technician.
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