{"id":30150,"date":"2021-06-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-07T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/?guid=794ea17a1f51d12d158c83c46fd1dd5f"},"modified":"2021-06-07T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-06-07T00:00:00","slug":"four-accused-appear-for-possession-of-copper-cables","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/four-accused-appear-for-possession-of-copper-cables\/","title":{"rendered":"Four accused appear for possession of copper cables"},"content":{"rendered":"
POTCHEFSTROOM – Finance Chitambara (41), Andile Mankule (46), Tsietsi Moretele (38) and Petrus Papala (35) appeared in the Wolmaransstad Magistrates’ Court on Friday, 4 June 2021, for possession of suspected stolen copper cables.<\/p>\n
The accused appeared in court following their arrest at about 13:30 on Thursday, 3 June 2021. According to information received, police were on patrol when they spotted a suspicious white Hyundai sedan and followed it. They were later joined by Provincial traffic officers and the car was ultimately stopped for a search and inspection. During the search, copper cables weighing 200kg worth R10 000.00 were found in the car. The suspects were arrested after failing to account for the possession.<\/p>\n
Chitambara and Mankule were released on warning upon appearance in court while Tsietsi Moretele and Petrus Papala were remanded in custody until Wednesday, 9 June 2021.<\/p>\n
Investigation into the matter continues.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Source: South African Police Service<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
POTCHEFSTROOM – Finance Chitambara (41), Andile Mankule (46), Tsietsi Moretele (38) and Petrus Papala (35) appeared in the Wolmaransstad Magistrates’ Court on Friday, 4 June 2021, for possession of suspected stolen copper cables.The accused appeared in…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n