Three officials from the City of Tshwane Municipality, who are believed to be part of a syndicate, have been arrested for stealing a transformer at a substation. 

Police said the officials, aged between 30 and 40 years old, were handcuffed on Tuesday morning. It is understood that officials stole a large transformer from the Laudium substation, worth an estimated R7 million. Mbuyiseni Ndlozi is in conversation with City of Tshwane MMC for Community Safety.