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Last Friday, a man was arrested in the Pretoria area in an operation that involved SAPS, the passenger train agency, Telkom and Tshwane metro police officials, while three men were arrested in Mpumalanga in a separate operation.
A bag of copper cable recovered in a joint police operation to suppress crime affecting the country’s rail network on September 11, 2020. Image: @ SAPoliceService / Twitter
CAPE TOWN – Police have achieved another success in their efforts to suppress crime that plagues the nation’s rail network.
Last Friday, a man was arrested in the Pretoria area in an operation involving SAPS, the passenger train agency, Telkom and Tshwane metro police officials.
He has been charged with theft of copper and tampering with essential infrastructure.
#sapsHQ A joint sting operation that is part of an integrated operational plan to address theft and damage of critical infrastructure in the rail environment has led to the arrest of a 38-year-old man in Hercules, Pretoria on 9/11. #RejectAndReportStolenGoods MEhttps: //t.co/fgR7QdirWa pic.twitter.com/oAWYcVaVs1
– SA Police Service 🇿🇦 (@SAPoliceService) September 14, 2020
In another raid, this time in Mpumlanga, three men, including an employee of a scrap metal business, were arrested last week in connection with the theft of railway infrastructure valued at more than R1 million.
Police officers, along with Transnet officials, monitored the business in Kromdraai.
They saw a group of men loading naked train tracks onto a truck.
When the officers pounced on them, the suspects tried to flee, but two of them were arrested on the spot.
A man tried to flee in a van, but he hit a wall.
He then escaped but was eventually tracked down and detained on Saturday.
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