A Scrapyard owner in Pretoria was arrested on Wednesday morning for possession of stolen PRASA cables.
Prasa Protection Services officials followed two suspects into a scrapyard opposite Belle Ombré Station where they tried to sell off stolen cables. Catenary and contact overhead wires estimated at R50 000.00 were discovered.
This week alone Saulsville, Pienaarsport Garankuwa and Pretoria-Johannesburg trains were negatively affected due to cable theft.
“Metrorail condemns in the possible strongest terms the theft of infrastructure components. The impact of cable theft has a major impact on the train service, commuters and the economy of the Province,” Metrorail Spokesperson Lillian Mofokeng.
The public is invited to report any suspicious criminal activities to Metrorail Protection Services on 011 013 0051/0052 and the nearest Police Station.
