City’s Copperheads double up on confiscating copper

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The City of Cape Town’s Metal Theft Unit, also known as the Copperheads, is determined to double the amount of copper confiscated year on year, with the unit already confiscating more than 2,400kg’s of mixed copper and 250metres of cable this year. The City’s JP Smith says that this translates to millions of Rands in infrastructure vandalised and destroyed, with the unit also doubling up on the number of scrapyards and bucket shops inspected.

Written by: Keenan Williams

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