A massive haul of stolen copper cables was recently uncovered during a raid of the Devland scrapyard near Soweto.
The operation — a combined effort between the Saps, JMPD, and Eskom — saw heaps of copper cabling confiscated as part of a broader sweep of the Kliptown, Devland, Pimville, and Eldorado Park areas.
Police minister Bheki Cele also said that officers discovered over 1,000 Mandrax tablets and other illegal items at the scene.City Power spokesperson Isaac Mangena said that cable theft cost the municipality millions in revenue and that scrapyards were the proverbial “snake’s head” when it came to the crime.
“While we want to work with them to help us in dealing with this problem, we have realised that some of them are part of the problem,” said Mangena. “We will intensify the raids on scrapyards in the coming days so that we cut the head that keeps the demand for the copper cables high,” he added.posted videos showing police officers sorting through the cables, which were placed into seven large bags.
SAPS in Gauteng on scene in one of the biggest copper cable stashes ever discovered at a yard in Devland near Soweto – cable theft teams from ESCOM, PRASA, TRANSNET & Electicity depts have been called in to assist.
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