Two arrested for stealing diesel from Transnet pipeline
Police have arrested two suspects for allegedly stealing diesel from a Transnet pipeline in Delmas on Friday.
Spokesperson for the Hawks in Mpumalanga Dineo Sekgotodi says the two suspects, aged 21 and 28, were nabbed after eight suspects were spotted next to a diesel tanker by Transnet security personnel.
"The suspects ran in different directions after they realised that they were recognised. However, the guards managed to arrest the two suspects where one was the alleged driver.
"Police and Hawks members managed to seize a twenty thousand litre diesel tanker, two small generators, one inside the truck, the other mounted to a hose which was busy extracting the diesel from the pipeline and other instruments," she said.
The two suspects who appeared at the Delmas Magistrate’s Court , will return on Tuesday for a formal bail application.
They have been charged for the theft of diesel and malicious damage to property.