copper cables

A five-man gang from Mabutweni suburb in Bulawayo that pretended to be Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) workers attending to a fault in the middle of the night was arrested for allegedly stealing 80 metres…
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An umalayitsha allegedly ganged up with two accomplices and pulled down 640kgs of overhead copper conductors worth more than $200 000 from a Zesa line in Binga resulting in a power blackout in some parts of the district.
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Police in Bulawayo have arrested two serial copper cables thieves after using sniffer dogs to fish the two men out of a manhole while busy cutting TelOne cables.
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Some parts of Bulawayo’s western suburbs have been plunged into darkness following the theft of copper cables with the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) saying it cannot guarantee immediate restoration of…
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A Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) member was on Sunday night arrested in Chegutu by National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) security guards after he was caught red-handed stealing copper cables while three other people were nabbed the same day in…
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A Bulawayo man is battling for life at the United Bulawayo Hospitals after he sustained severe burns following an electric shock from a high voltage overhead cable while attempting to steal copper cables in Colleen Bawn.
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Two copper cables thieves were electrocuted while attempting to cut Zesa cables in Bulawayo’s Woodville suburb yesterday morning.
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A 32-YEAR-OLD man from Bulawayo has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for stealing copper cables valued at $160.
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Vandalising street-lights and stealing copper cables valued at $80 has proved costly for a Harare man after he was slapped with a mandatory 10-year jail term for the offence.
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Two men from Bulawayo have each been sentenced to 10 years in prison for stealing Zesa copper cables valued at $150.
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