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Africa-Press<\/a> – South-Africa<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>TWO men posing as City Power employees broke into the power utility\u2019s transformer substation and stole a transformer worth R600 000 in Selby, south of Joburg.<\/p>\n

The theft of the transformer plunged the area into darkness for at least three days.<\/p>\n

City Power\u2019s Isaac Mangena said the theft happened on February 2, \u201cwhen at least two criminals broke into one of our transformer chambers at Village Deep, Johannesburg, and stole a transformer\u201d.<\/p>\n

At the time of the theft, there was outage in the area and the suspects took advantage of this, Mangena said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey brought a crane truck in the daylight and removed the transformer.<\/p>\n

\u201cAccording to witnesses, the suspects told nearby business people that the transformer was faulty and was being taken to City Power for repairs.<\/p>\n

\u201cA vigilant customer took photos of the truck and the two suspect and shared same with City Power Security Risk Management the following day.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy then it was too late because the suspects had already left the scene of crime. This left the area without power for at least three days,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The general manager of Security Risk Management, Sergeant Thela, said a preliminary analysis showed that the incident was an organised crime and that the suspects had the help of insiders.<\/p>\n

“Firstly, a commercial vehicle bearing a sticker of City Power contractor visited the scene \u2013 as a form of criminal reconnaissance. Later on, a crane truck bearing a false registration number came and removed the transformer on the pretext that it was been taken for repairs. This is shocking. We need help to identify the suspects so that they can be arrested.”<\/p>\n

Anyone with information about the stolen transformer and the suspects is urged to call the nearest police or City Power Security Risk Management control room at 011 490 7900, 011 490 7911 or 011 490 7553.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – South-Africa. TWO men posing as City Power employees broke into the power utility\u2019s transformer substation and stole a transformer worth R600 000 in Selby, south of Joburg. The theft of the transformer plunged the area into darkness for at least three days. 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