{"id":45786,"date":"2022-02-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-04T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southafricatribune.com\/?guid=9920adc460714bd2d672629b56b91ae0"},"modified":"2022-02-04T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-02-04T00:00:00","slug":"k9-max-apprehend-cable-thief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatribune.com\/k9-max-apprehend-cable-thief\/","title":{"rendered":"K9 ‘Max’ apprehend cable thief"},"content":{"rendered":"
GQEBERHA – Cable theft is an ongoing problem in Nelson Mandela Bay and hampers the provision of basic services and impacts on the infrastructure. <\/P>
On Thursday, 3 February 2022 at 14:15, Gqeberha K9 members received and immediately acted on information about a suspect busy stealing electrical cables next to the airport. On arrival members saw one person removing electric cable from a trench leading towards the airport. On seeing the police members approaching, the suspect started running. After several warnings, K9 \u2018Max\u2019 was released and apprehended the 20 year old suspect.<\/P>
A spade, a pick axe, a hammer and a black bag with copper wire and electrical boxes was confiscated. The damage had affected the electric cable supply power to the airport.<\/P>
The suspect was detained on a charge relating to the Criminal Matters Amendment Act \u2013 damage to infrastructure. He is expected to appear in court soon.<\/P>
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Source: South African Police Service<\/P>
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GQEBERHA – Cable theft is an ongoing problem in Nelson Mandela Bay and hampers the provision of basic services and impacts on the infrastructure. On Thursday, 3 February 2022 at 14:15, Gqeberha K9 members received and immediately acted on information …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n