POLOKWANE – At around 03:30 this morning the Department of Transport’s Limpopo Anti Fraud and Corruption unit, received information from Tracetec Pty Ltd, a tracking and recovery company, that a bakkie towing a trailer with a possible stolen vehicle on the trailer was approaching Polokwane from Gauteng.
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The tracking company recovered the vehicle at 06:00. The department, SAPS and SPS Security were brought onboard and the suspected vehicle was searched.
A Ford Ranger covered with three layers of snacks was recovered and four suspects were arrested in Westenburg, just outside Polokwane.
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Police spokesperson, Col Moatshe Ngoepe confirmed that four suspects between the ages of 30 and 40-years-old were arrested on the spot.
“The suspects will appear in the Polokwane Magistrates Court soon on a charge of possession of a suspected stolen motor vehicle,” he concluded
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