{"id":83930,"date":"2018-08-20T14:36:51","date_gmt":"2018-08-20T12:36:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=83930"},"modified":"2018-08-21T07:53:08","modified_gmt":"2018-08-21T05:53:08","slug":"800-metres-railway-track-stolen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2018\/08\/20\/800-metres-railway-track-stolen\/","title":{"rendered":"800 metres of railway track stolen"},"content":{"rendered":"

Four of the men were arrested following a shootout with police in November last year.
\nAnother man was wounded in the shootout.<\/p>\n

Also read: Railway track thieves ambushed by police<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Shortly before the shootout on the corner of Vloed and Weeber Street, where police ambushed the suspects, they stripped railway tracks worth millions of rands from a railway line between Middelburg and Stoffberg.<\/p>\n

The stolen tracks were found inside a Mohandule Projects truck.<\/p>\n

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Several tons of railway tracks were recovered in a truck in Meyer Street.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Manuel Mahlathini (32), Elias Denver (34) and Sbonginkosi Thwala (49) were all charged with tampering with essential infrastructure and attempted murder.
\nLucky Mathe (30) and Carlitos Nyevemba (38) were indicted on charges of possession of suspected stolen property.
\nThe five remain in custody and will appear in court later.<\/p>\n

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Four other suspects escaped. None of them have been successfully traced by the police.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Six months prior to the arrests, 800 metres of railway track, amounting to R1,6 million, were stolen on a disused line in Stoffberg.
\nA blowtorch was used and the tracks were measured in exactly two-metre sections before being hauled away by a truck.<\/p>\n

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800 metres of railway track was stolen near the old Sterkloop train station.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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