‘Traffic officers’ hijack courier bakkie
Hijackers struck in Carletonville in broad daylight again last week.
The Carletonville police say the crime occurred at approximately 10:10 on 27 July.
An employee of a courier business was driving his bakkie on the R500 through Carletonville when he saw an unmarked white Ford Figo parked next to the four-way crossing at Agnew Road. Two men dressed like traffic officers in brown uniforms and reflector jackets got out and indicated that he had to stop.
They asked the driver for his licence but suddenly lurched forward and grabbed him.
They forced him back into the bakkie, took his cell phone and drove to the road to the Carletonville graveyard with him.
Once there, they offloaded the valuables from the back of the bakkie into the Figo.
They then pushed the driver into the back of the bakkie and sped off.
“Never stop for anyone in an unmarked vehicle, no matter what uniforms they are wearing. Rather drive to the nearest police station or filling station,” the police advised.
