Truck with cargo of scrap metal stolen during Heidelberg Road hijacking
The driver stopped to inspect his cargo and climbed out of the truck.
A cargo of scrap metal stolen during a truck hijacking along Heidelberg Road (R23) in Brakpan on Tuesday morning was recovered in Vosloorus.
According to information received from Brakpan police, the truck driver and three colleagues were travelling from Geluksdal, where they had collected the scrap metal, when three occupants in an unidentified vehicle indicated to the driver that the metal was falling off of the truck.
The driver stopped to inspect his cargo and climbed out of the truck.
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He was approached by the three men from the car, one of whom pulled out a gun and fired a shot at the ground.
The driver and his colleagues ran off into the veld and watched as two of the men climbed into the truck and drove off.
While the stolen scrap metal, valued at R4 000, was recovered, the truck, at the time of writing, was yet to be found.
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