Theft of copper cables have dire negative consequences which poses a serious threat to our infrastructure and impacts largely on service delivery. Continuous efforts are made by Gqeberha’s K... Read more
Five people were arrested by the Tshwane Metro Police Department (TMPD) Cable Theft Unit team over the weekend. Two were found vandalising Daspoort Substation and were arrested for malicious... Read more
The Economic Infrastructure Task Team continues to achieve success. On 20 June 2022, an operation was conducted at Isipingo by members of the SAPS together with Telkom, MTN, Transnet, and Pr... Read more
The Tshwane Metro Police Cable Theft Unit members arrested 6 people for cable theft and tampering with essential infrastructure. Four foreign nationals, Three Zimbabweans and one Mozambican... Read more
A 30-year suspect was arrested in Pretoria North after he was found in possession of a Toyota Corolla that was reported hijacked in the Sunnyside vicinity in March 2022. Pretoria North SAPS... Read more
Cable theft is an ongoing problem in Nelson Mandela Bay and hampers the provision of basic services and impacts on the infrastructure. On Thursday, 3 February 2022 at 14:15, Gqeberha K9 memb... Read more
SAPS members endeavours to prevent and detect the theft of non-ferrous metals yield positive results as three suspects were arrested in the early hours of the morning. It is alleged that on... Read more
Police instincts of two alert members on duty, gave copper cables thieves no chance to succeed with their criminal activities as they arrested two of them and recover a huge amount of copper... Read more
The occupants of a white Nissan bakkie who were in the process of stealing Telkom cables abandoned their getaway vehicle in Burbreeze, Tongaat while being pursued by Reaction Officers during... Read more
A 24-year-old Malawian male was arrested by Tshwane Metro Police Department (TMPD) Cable Theft Unit members on 11 April 2021 for possession of 80 m of copper cable. He was found guilty at th... Read more
