[MSN] The City of Cape Town last night arrested seven men in Netreg, Bonteheuwel, in connection with the theft of the memorial sculpture of Robbie Waterwitch and Coline Williams in Athlone last Tuesday.

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City's Copperheads arrest syndicate behind struggle statue theft
by City of Cape Town
13 Mar 2008 	City of Cape Town
City of Cape Town

The City of Cape Town last night arrested seven men in Netreg, Bonteheuwel, in connection with the theft of the memorial sculpture of Robbie Waterwitch and Coline Williams in Athlone last Tuesday.

Last night’s arrests follow on the arrest of three others on Sunday who were identified at the Beaconvale scrap yard where the thieves sold parts of the statues for R9 000.

This is the fourth major breakthrough in three weeks by the City’s Non-ferrous Metal Theft Task Team, nicknamed the Copperheads. The previous recent successes were recorded on 18 February at Peerless Park and 3 March in Blackheath.

According to the Chairperson of the Copperheads, Cllr Pieter van Dalen, the task team worked three days non-stop to track down the suspects.

"On Friday we found 64 pieces of the sculpture at a scrap yard in Epping after receiving tips that pieces of the statue were on the premises.