Members of the Economic Infrastructure Task Team and the City of Cape Town’s Safety and Security Investigation unit conducted an intelligence driven operation which resulted in the arrest of two City of Cape Town employees and a third suspect.

The joint operation was carried out in the Ndabeni area yesterday where it was discovered that the suspects had illegally booked out copper buzz bars worth R445 246-07 from the stock room during 2022. They transported the stolen copper to a known scrap dealer in the area. Two males were arrested yesterday and a third one this morning under the Criminal Matters Amendment Act. The stolen copper remains to be retrieved.

The three suspects aged 41, 48 and 49 will appear in the Cape Town Magistrate’s court, once they have been charged.

Source: South African Police Service