‘Traffic officers’ hijack courier bakkie
Hijackers struck in Carletonville in broad daylight again last week.
An employee of a courier business was driving his bakkie on the R500 through Carletonville on 27 July when he saw an unmarked white Ford Figo parked next to the four-way crossing at Agnew Road. Two men dressed as traffic officers in brown uniforms and with reflector jackets, got out and indicated that he should 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 offoaded 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. The incident happened just past 10:00 in the morning.
