PICS: Gauteng Police Recover R3 Million Stolen Transnet Copper Cables at Scrapyard

PICS: Gauteng police recover R3 million stolen Transnet copper cables at scrapyard

Gauteng police recover stolen Transnet copper cable worth R3m at illegal scrap yard

The arrest followed an intelligence-driven operation by a multidisciplinary team, which led them to a scrapyard in De Deur, south of Joburg.

Police arrest five with R3-million stolen copper cable at illegal scrapyard

By Everson Luhanga Five undocumented foreign nationals arrested with R3-million worth of stolen Transnet copper cable at De Deur scrapyard. Police found homemade stoves used to burn cable and discovered the scrapyard was not licensed for second-hand goods. Police in Gauteng have arrested five people after they were caught with stolen copper cable worth about R3-million. The suspects were arrested during a raid at an illegal scrapyard in De Deu…

Five suspects arrested and copper worth about three million rands - Truck and Freight Information Online

PARKTOWN – In an effort to address the non-ferrous metal and essential infrastructure related crimes, the police recovered copper cable worth approximately R3 million at an unregistered scrapyard in De Deur and arrested five foreign nationals. On 03 September 2025, a team comprising of Sedibeng Infrastructure unit, Gauteng Traffic Wardens […]