Large consignment of stolen copper cables found in Devland scrapyard
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City Power on Thursday said it was pleased to have recovered scores of its stolen copper cables from a scrapyard in Devland, near Soweto.
Spokesperson Isaac Mangena said targeting scrapyards was key.
“When you want to kill the snake, you need to target the head. The scrapyards are the head of the cable theft problem. While we want to work with them to help us in dealing with this problem, we have realised that some of them are part of the problem,” said Mangena.
“We will intensify the raids on scrapyards in the coming days so that we cut the head that keeps the demand for the copper cables high,” he added.
BREAKING: Police have recovered large amount of copper cables in Devland near Soweto at one of the biggest scrap yards in the area. All power suppliers including @CityPowerJhb, @Eskom_SA Prasa & other arms of government have been called to the scene. More on @ScrollaAfrica pic.twitter.com/XbWD9cgcse
— BEAST OF NEWS (@EversonLuhanga) April 28, 2022
City Power, Eskom and other affected government entities joined the police and metro officials in conducting raids. Mangena said Thursday’s operations were conducted in the Kliptown, Devland, Pimville and Eldorado Park areas.
“We thank the SAPS, JMPD and the community for their assistance in dealing with cable theft, which not only costs the city millions in lost revenue but causes immeasurable inconvenience to our residents,” Mangena said.
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