Man nabbed for MTN tower robbery
ALEXANDRA - Man arrested for failed Midrand MTN tower robbery
A man (21) was remanded in custody by the Alexandra Magistrates’ Court pending further investigation for an alleged business break-in.
The accused, said to have been with an accomplice who escaped, was arrested by a private security company’s patrolling guards at an MTN cellular tower in Blue Hills, Midrand at 7pm on 1 July this year.
The guards who had responded to an activated alarm approached the scene with their vehicle lights off. However, they were seen by the suspects with one managing to escape while the accused was caught trying to scale a palisade fence.
The guards searched the area and found in a metal container, an undisclosed number of solar powered batteries worthy R30 000 already packed in a bag and ready to be taken away. The batteries are used as back up for the on grid electricity for the tower. A crowbar assumed to have been used to break into the container was also found.
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