On the morning of September 5, members of the EMPD Speed Law Enforcement unit arrested three motorists for disregarding the stipulated speed limit on the N12, in Boksburg.
The nabbed drivers were detained in the Boksburg North Police Station where they were charged with reckless and negligent driving.
According to EMPD spokesperson Kobeli Mokheseng, at 8.30am, officers caught a 49-year-old gun shop owner from Benoni driving a maroon Honda CRV doing 182km/h in a 120km/h zone on the freeway.
He reportedly told the police that he was rushing to his business site because of a reported armed robbery. He was, however, arrested after officers established that there was no reports of robbery at the gun shop.
The other two drivers were arrested for driving between 169 and 170km/h in a 120km/h zone on the freeway.
EMPD officers arrest wanted murder suspect
“Furthermore, patrolling EMPD officers from Katlehong North precinct stopped and frisked a suspicious 38-year-old in Moleleki section where a toy gun (replica of the real 9mm parabellum), was seized.
“The suspect was handed over to SAPS in Katlehong where one of the detectives there recognised him from an identikit, as a wanted murder suspect.
The murder occurred in Phooko section, on August 30, where a male victim was shot and killed, following a family dispute,” said Mokheseng.
The arrestees were scheduled to appear in the Boksburg and Palm Ridge Magistrate’s Courts soon.
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