By REGINALD KANYANE
24 January 2025- Two men were allegedly caught red-handed by the police stealing copper cables at a train line just outside Victoria West. On 23 January 2025, at around 4pm, the police in Victoria West and Transnet Security received a tip-off regarding suspects allegedly stealing copper cables and operationalised it.
The Northern Cape police spokesperson, Lieutenant Colonel Sergio Kock said the police allegedly found a group of men stealing copper cables from Transnet lines worth about R150 000. Kock said two of the six suspects were arrested while the other four fled and are still at large.
“The two suspects are foreign nationals aged 35 and 41 years-old, respectively. They will appear in the Victoria West Magistrate’s soon for allegedly tampering with essential infrastructure,” he said.
Meanwhile, the Northern Cape Police Commissioner, Lieutenant General Koliswa Otola, commended the Victoria West SAPS and Transnet Security for the outstanding arrests. Otola said this displays the excellent collaboration between the police and security sector, together with communities to dismantle crimes related to essential infrastructure and key points.
“The SAPS encourages the community to participate in the RATE OUR SERVICE QR online survey and assist the police in improving our service to the public and to report criminality to the SAPS Crime Stop number 08600 10111 or via the MySAPS App,” she said.
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