Teens arrested for cable theft Four youths were arrested on Monday for stealing copper cables with an estimated street value of R10,000 near KwaMhlanga, Mpumalanga police said.
Police followed leads and caught them at their homes in Tweefontein A around 7am, Warrant Officer Max Mahlangu said.
He said the cables had been cut from street poles in the village on Friday morning. Parts of the village had since been plunged into darkness.
Bus passengers travelling to Pretoria tipped off the police when the four teenagers boarded with two bags filled with cables on Friday morning.
“Police staged a road block in one of the streets ahead, but the cable thieves jumped out and ran away. Their bags were confiscated.”
The teens, aged between 18 and 19, were expected to face a charge of cable theft in the KwaMhlanga Magistrate's Court on Tuesday.
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