Metro police chief David Tembe said police members of Region E recovered stolen goods in Alexandra after receiving information of a hijacked Renault Sandero from vehicle recovery company, Rentrak.
The recovery company managed to track down the vehicle to Alexandra east bank and a suspect was arrested.
Alex News reported on 14 March that the suspect was found in possession of Metro police uniforms and that they had received information from him that could lead to more arrests.
The suspect confessed to police that he was involved in a hijacking ring in Lyttleton. He was arrested and detained at Alexandra Police Station for the possession of a hijacked motor vehicle and possession of police uniforms.
Upon new information, the Metro police K9 and first responder unit, Policing Order Policing were called in for backup. An investigation led them to Tembisa and the head of the truck hijacking ring was arrested. Six suspects were arrested in Kelvin after further investigations. The suspects were found offloading stolen goods from trucks.
Goods recovered were TVs, police uniforms, washing machines and refrigerators.
The six suspects have been detained at Sandton Police Station for possession of stolen goods.
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