Five in court for theft of copper worth R1.9 million
Five suspects have appeared in the Pretoria Magistrate Court on Friday on charges of possession of suspected stolen copper worth R1.9 million.
The Hawk's Captain Ndivhuwo Mulamu said the arrest came after a tip-off that the suspects were delivering copper wire at a scrapyard in Hercules in Tshwane.
"Police intercepted a truck fitting the description at the identified scrapyard in Hercules loaded with suspected stolen copper weighing about 3.840kg. Further investigation led the investigation team to a plot in Heatherderdale near Akasia where they recovered 1830 meter long copper wires also suspected to have been stolen," said Mulamu
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Andries Harmse, Oupa Maluleke, and Martins Geyser were questioned and subsequently arrested.
Two more suspects, Frans Albert, and Andries Lombard handed themselves over to police on Wednesday and appeared in court on Friday.
Geyser was released on R3000 bail and will be back in court in March and the four other suspects will remain in police custody until their formal bail hearing in March.
