FAIRLAND – The police’s crime intelligence have found and arrested suspects involved in several hijackings.
Fairland Police Station will soon be giving two car owners some good news regarding their cases of motor vehicle theft. The crime intelligence team at the station arrested suspects involved in a car theft on 2 March.
According to the station’s spokesperson, Constable Michael Kgatla, the suspects were arrested in Diepsloot. He said, “Our crime intelligence team were following up on leads and over the weekend they managed to arrest suspects for the theft of motor vehicles. While arresting them, we found them in possession of another stolen vehicle.”
Along with the arrests and the discovery of a stolen vehicle, they tracked the initial car they were searching for and found it in Limpopo. Both cars are still in a drivable condition and the relevant processes are underway to have the vehicles back in the rightful owner’s hands. The suspects were expected to appear in the Randburg Magistrate’s Court on 5 March to face charges of being in possession of a stolen motor vehicle and the theft of a motor vehicle, among other charges.
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