Man arrested with stolen copper at Christies Beach

Just after 4am on Friday 12 September, police conducted a traffic stop on Holden ute on Clovelly Avenue.

It will be alleged the driver initially failed to stop and attempted to evade police before he was successfully intercepted a short distance later.

A search of the Holden revealed a large quantity of industrial copper cabling in the tray of the ute, along with tools suspected of being used to commit theft offences.

The driver, a 41-year-old Christies Beach man was arrested and charged with theft and possessing an article to commit an offence.

He was bailed to appear in court at a later date.

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