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Makhado police sergeant and two accomplices arrested for stock theft in Musina

Police reacted to a tip off from the community and found a pickup van loaded with cattle meat, parked inside the yard belonging to a police Sergeant attached to the Makhado Police Station.

LIMPOPO – A police sergeant attached to the Makhado police station and his two accomplices, aged 28 and 40-years-old will appear before the Musina Magistrate’s Court, soon, after being arrested for stock theft and possession of suspected stolen cattle meat.

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On Tuesday, 21 May, police received information from the community about suspected stolen cattle meat being off-loaded at a house in Mushenguville, a residential area on the outskirts of Musina.

“Police reacted to the tip off and found a bakkie loaded with cattle meat, parked inside the yard belonging to a police Sergeant attached to the Makhado Police Station. Preliminary police investigations revealed that the meat was from stolen stock and the three suspects were immediately arrested. The pickup van, still loaded with the meat, was also seized,” police spokesperson, Col Moatshe Ngoepe explained in a statement.

Provincial Commissioner of the South African Police Service in Limpopo, Lieutenant General Nneke Ledwaba, has expressed his disappointment in the Sergeant’s involvement in criminal activities. He warned police members to desist from engaging in any criminal activity as the law will equally be applied harshly regardless of their status.

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Raeesa Sempe is a Caxton Award-winning Digital Editor with nine years’ experience in the industry. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Media Studies from the University of the Witwatersrand and started her journey as a community journalist for the Polokwane Review in 2015. She then became the online journalist for the Review in 2016 where she excelled in solidifying the Review’s digital footprint through Facebook lives, content creation and marketing campaigns. Raeesa then moved on to become the News Editor of the Bonus Review in 2019 and scooped up the Editorial Employee of the Year award in the same year. She is the current Digital Editor of the Polokwane Review-Observer, a position she takes pride in. Raeesa is married with one child and enjoys spending time with friends, listening to music and baking – when she has the time. “I still believe that if your aim is to change the world, journalism is a more immediate short-term weapon. – Tom Stoppard

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