Six men due in court for alleged theft of cellphone tower batteries Staff Reporter > By Staff Reporter - 02 May 2021 - 17:02 Six men were arrested after allegedly stealing cellphone tower batteries. Image: Gareth Wilson
Six suspects are expected to appear in the Moorreesburg magistrate s court on Monday after allegedly stealing Vodacom cellphone tower batteries.
The men aged between 28 and 37 were arrested after a member of the local farm watch informed police that an alarm had gone off at Neulfontein Farm in the Moorreesburg area, Western Cape police spokesperson Capt FC van Wyk said in a statement.
“The caller indicated that he noticed on the CCTV footage that suspects were busy stealing cellphone tower batteries.”
Western Cape police are investigating the shooting of a police officer whose body was found with several gunshot wounds on Sunday morning in Disa Street, Vrygrond.
Trio arrested after public shooting, motorist s assault in Nyanga Three firearms were confiscated from the suspects after they allegedly assaulted a motorist. Image: SAPS
Three gun-toting suspects were arrested after they allegedly fired their pistols and assaulted a motorist in Nyanga, Cape Town, on Thursday.
Police officers responding to information that a shooting had occurred in Sonwabile Drive in Crossroads, Nyanga, came across a white VW Polo.
Police spokesperson Captain FC Van Wyk said after the officers stopped the vehicle, an injured and bleeding driver emerged.
He told them that he was assaulted by three men driving a white Toyota Corolla.