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Suspect caught for theft, other on the run

RABIE RIDGE - Police arrested a suspect in a theft case, while another suspect fled the scene.

Police spokesperson Constable Jacob Nhlongo said, “The community alerted police to suspicious behaviour of two men who were seen carrying chairs, allegedly stolen from a church to an unknown location. Police approached the suspects and one immediately fled, leaving behind stolen chairs.”

Police gave chase and managed to arrest a 20-year-old suspect. Constable Nhlongo said police suspect that the chairs were stolen from one of the churches in Mayibuye. The suspect will appear at Tembisa Magistrates’ Court on a charge of possession of stolen property.

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