To create a safer environment for the community, Railway police members swiftly pounced on two suspects in Cambridge location and arrested them for possession of suspected stolen goods and tampering with the essential infrastructure on 26 December 2021.
Police were working on an intelligence driven operation after receiving information from the public that a large quantity of copper cables were stored at a residential property in Cambridge location.
Police intercepted the suspects as they were transporting the copper cables out of Cambridge location in a silver Toyota Avanza. The copper cable was reported stolen from Transnet in East London.
Their vehicle was also confiscated as it was caught in the commission of crime.
The suspects aged 31 and 32 are due to appear in the East London Magistrate’s Court soon on charges of possession of suspected stolen goods and tampering with the essential infrastructure.
