Tower batteries estimated to be worth R670 000 were seized in Makhaza

WESTERN CAPE – Our quest to bring perpetrators to book in the province continued to yield positive results when members attached to Harare SAPS arrested three suspects between the ages of 17 and 40 yesterday who were found in possession of mobile telephone network tower batteries that were reported stolen in Nyanga. The members acted on a tip-off that the batteries were stored in house premises in Makhaza. Upon their arrival at the premises, the members discovered 16 tower batteries estimated to be worth R670 000-00 and three suspects were arrested while the fourth suspect fled the scene. Police are seeking the assistance of the public to find the fourth suspect who is still on the run.

All the three suspects are expected to make a court appearance in the Khayelitsha Magistrates Court for possession of presumed stolen property. The suspects are also linked to a theft case that occurred in Philippi in the early of yesterday morning.