Two police officers and seven suspects have been arrested in the early hours of November 12 after they were found escorting a truck that was allegedly hijacked.
Police on routine patrol noticed a truck being escorted by three vehicles including a marked police car on the N12 Highway in Benoni.
According to the spokesperson for police in Gauteng, Captain Mavela Masondo, police kept a close observation on the vehicles and later intercepted them in Boksburg.
“Preliminary investigation revealed that the truck full of groceries had been hijacked in Potchefstroom in the North West province.
” Management is equally appreciative that the criminals within its ranks have been exposed and arrested,” Masondo said.
Masondo highlighted that the two police, a captain and constable, are not police officers from the Boksburg precinct.
All nine suspects will appear in the Boksburg Magistrates Court.
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