More than half a million rand worth of copper recovered in Tshwane

The newly established anti-cable theft unit arrested 12 suspected cable thieves and recovered several tons of copper valued at more than half a million rand over the Easter weekend, Tshwane Executive Mayor Solly Msimanga said on Thursday. He said the weekend arrests were in addition to 67 other arrests for similar crimes made since the anti-cable theft unit was established in October 2016.