VIDEO: Vehicle used in uMhlanga theft case recovered, one suspect arrested
The vehicle was fitted with false number plates and had been stolen last year.
A SUSPECT was arrested on the M19 on Wednesday morning for being in possession of a stolen vehicle linked to a theft case in uMhlanga.
According to Marshall Security spokesperson, Tyron Powell, a security officer flagged the vehicle on Riverside Road and alerted police.
“The vehicle was used in a theft case in June this year where the occupants had entered a well-known jewellery shop at a local shopping centre in the uMhlanga area pretending to be customers, who then distracted one of the employees and managed to steal a ring to the value of R2 000.
“Members of the SAPS Provincial Vehicle and Trio task team and Marshall Security managed to stop the vehicle on the M19 south bound and found the vehicle was fitted with false number plates. It was later established that the vehicle had been stolen from the Brighton Beach area in October 2020,” Powell said.
The driver and sole occupant of the vehicle was arrested and charged for being in possession of a stolen motor vehicle and car break-in implements, as well as fraud.
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