Two suspects arrested for stealing diesel
Transnet security guards spotted a diesel tanker with eight suspects next to it. They ran in different directions after they realised that they were identified. However, the guards managed to arrest the two suspects of whom is the alleged driver.
DELMAS – Two suspects were arrested for allegedly stealing diesel from a Transnet pipeline last Friday.
According to the Hawks, Transnet security guards spotted a diesel tanker with eight suspects next to it. They ran in different directions after they realised that they were identified. However, the guards managed to arrest the two suspects of whom is the alleged driver.
Members of the Serious Organised Crime Investigation team, Delmas SAPS, Witbank SAPS, Flying Squad and the LCRC managed to seize a twenty thousand litre diesel tanker, two small generators, one inside the truck, the other mounted to a hose which was extracting the diesel from the pipeline and other instruments.
“The suspects aged between 21 and 28 are expected to appear in the Delmas Magistrate’s Court today for theft of diesel and malicious damage to property. Investigations are still ongoing and further arrest cannot be ruled out,” read the statement.
