Suspects caught red handed stealing optical fibre cable

GAUTENG – Three males were arrested by the Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department Operations officers for the Theft of Optical Fibre in Gillview, Johannesburg South. Whilst conducting crime prevention patrols along Rifle Range and Side Road, officers spotted a suspicious male standing outside a white Renault Kwid.

The officers approached the vehicle to investigate what was happening, and they found five males hiding behind the vehicle, they also found Optical Fibre laying on the ground. Two males immediately fled the scene and the officers managed to apprehend three suspects. The officers searched the suspects and one of them had an air gun in his possession. They also searched the vehicle and recovered digging tools, a steel saw and two spare saw blades for cutting.

The suspects were detained at Booysens SAPS where a case docket was opened for further investigation. The vehicle used in the commission of the crime was seized and booked in at the SAPS Aeroton pound.