On Wednesday a young man was intercepted by the Neuquén Police while trying to steal cables from the city’s power lines. The event occurred in the afternoon on the corner of Novella and Necochea streets in the capital of Neuquén. A neighbor was the one who alerted the police officers.
According to the Neuquén Policeminutes after the 14 police officers from the 16th police station They received an alert from a neighbor about the actions of a subject who was apparently trying to steal cables from the power lines.
This occurred at the intersection of Novella and Necochea streetsin the area of the Ampliación Obrador neighborhood, a few meters from the fire station.
A police vehicle quickly approached the scene and the uniformed officers “observed a young man with a roll of cable in his hands.” Upon noticing the police presence, the young man tried to escape but was intercepted a few meters away.
The subject was detained by police officers and was transferred to the premises of police station 16. Now, he is under the disposal of the Prosecutor’s Office.