Two nabbed in Queensmead for R3m worth of stolen cables
KZN police say two suspects had a
hard time explaining to compliance inspectors how R3 million in Eskom and Prasa
copper cables landed in their hands.
The men were nabbed at a scrapyard in Queensmead this week, after inspections by members of the Economic Infrastructure Task Team.
“Police spotted two vehicles parked outside the scrapyard and upon searching them, police found copper cables which were positively identified to be belonging to the power utility, Eskom,” says the police's Robert Netshiunda.
He says they were grilled about where cables came from.
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“After failing to explain the origin of the cables, a 37-year-old suspect was arrested. Another search inside the scrapyard also resulted in the recovery of more copper cables which belonged to PRASA and the second suspect, aged 39 years old, was also arrested."
The pair lined up in the Pinetown Magistrate's Court on Monday.
