A Goodna man has been charged over the alleged theft of copper wire from an Ipswich power substation.
Police were called to the Viking Drive facility at Gailes last Tuesday afternoon following reports of a break and enter.
Detectives from the Ipswich District Property Crime Team later arrested a 38-year-old man at a Goodna address (video below), where officers allegedly found copper wiring stolen from the substation and tools believed to have been used in the offence.
Video: Queensland Police Service. Supplied.
He has been charged with entering premises and committing an indictable offence, possessing tainted property and possessing dangerous drugs, as well as two counts of possessing utensils.
He’ll front Ipswich Magistrates Court on November 25.
