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News24 reports that six armed men stormed a substation in Mulbarton, Johannesburg South, at the weekend, making off with equipment and personal valuables.
City Power spokesperson Isaac Mangena said on Saturday the men arrived up in a truck at around midnight and overpowered the two security guards on duty. The substation is undergoing a major upgrade and the contractor has been guarding the property. The robbers broke into the storage area and loaded a 500-metre drum of cable and five 75mm copper cables into the truck. While busy, a City Power electrician arrived at the substation trying to trace a Glenvista outage fault and he was also held and tied up. The guards and electrician were robbed of three cellphones. The electrician's toolbox, valued at around R3,500, was also taken. A case of armed robbery has been opened at Mondeor Police station.
- Read this report by Jenna Etheridge in full at News24
- Read too, Robbers make off with cables in armed robbery at Joburg substation, at TimesLive
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