Five charged over cellphone tower battery syndicate
The theft operated across country, PE court hears
An intricate cellphone tower battery theft syndicate that allegedly operated across the country has been infiltrated by the Hawks, with five men finally being hauled before a Port Elizabeth court on Monday.
From KwaZulu-Natal to the Western Cape and Eastern Cape, alleged members of a sophisticated criminal enterprise stripped at least 13 cellphone towers for batteries worth a total of about R1m, leaving hundreds of thousands of rands in damages in their wake...
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