On Friday morning, 6 July 2018, at about 10:00, the Mitchell’s Plain police executed an integrated operation focusing on cable theft and Second Hand Goods Control in conjunction with PRASA, Law Enforcement (copperheads) and SAPS Provincial FLASH.
Together they targeted several scrap metal dealers and recyclers adjacent to the Mitchell’s Plain railway line.
This resulted in the arrest of four suspects.
Integrated operations of this kind are executed continuously in all areas to increase police visibility and stop the theft of precious infrastructure which ensures that commuters can travel safely.
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