Metro Police arrest Durban car theft syndicate members
In a matter of hours following the arrest, at least nine stolen vehicles were recovered.
DURBAN Metro Police has broken the back of a major car theft syndicate which has been operating along the Durban Beachfront.
This comes after the arrest of syndicate members on Sunday morning. At around 7am, members of the Metro Police Trio Crime Team, travelling in unmarked vehicles, spotted a suspicious VW Polo sedan and began following it.
The Polo made its way onto the beachfront where it stopped next to a Ford Ranger.
Men got out of the vehicle and began prying open the Ford Ranger.
They were unaware that they were being watched by the Metro Police, who swooped on them before they could steal the vehicle.
The men were found in possession of car breaking instruments, computer boxes and a tools used to gain entry to vehicles.
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The arrest of the syndicate members and the recovery of the stolen vehicles comes after the successful collaboration between Boss-UIP Security Specialists, Tsogo Sun Hotel Group, Love Durban UIP and the South Beach Urban Improvement Precincts Company along with Durban Metro Police who all formed part of a multi-disciplinary project set up to end the car thefts on the beachfront.
In a matter of hours following the arrest, at least nine stolen vehicles were recovered and the team is confident of finding more stolen vehicles and arresting more members of the syndicate.
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