Economic Infrastructure Task Team (EITT) members conducted an operation at Umlazi. The operation yielded positive results as the team recovered cable fibre and electric cables with an estimated value of R250 000.

Police were patrolling along Sibusiso Mdakane Road when they spotted a vehicle offloading suspicious-looking property. As they were approaching the vehicle in order to investigate police noticed four men peeling off cables.

Four suspects aged between 27 and 42-year-old were immediately arrested for being in possession of goods suspected to be stolen. The suspects appeared before Umlazi Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday, 25 January. They were remanded in custody and will be back in the dock on 01 February 2023.

Source: South African Police Service