Foreign currency recovered during arrest of Vhembe farm attack suspects
An intelligence-driven operation led to the arrest of four South Africans and two foreign nationals believed to be involved in a farm attack on a game farm in December 2022.
LIMPOPO – A large amount of cash in rands and other foreign currencies were among several items recovered during the arrest of six suspects for a farm attack in the Vhembe district.
Police spokesperson Brigadier Motlafela Mojapelo said the arrest was made during an intelligence-driven operation on Wednesday night (January 11) by members of the Trio Task Team following a farm attack at a game farm along the Tshipise road outside Musina in December 2022.
“On December 27, 2022, five suspects entered the farm house and robbed the occupant of a Toyota Land Cruiser, 11 firearms, a laptop, cash in rands, US dollars, pounds and other currencies, as well as other valuables. The provincial police commissioner Lieutenant General Thembi Hadebe then ordered that the suspects be hunted down and brought to book,” his statement read.
Mojapelo said information led the team to four different locations: Makushu, Musekwa and Tshituni villages and the Greater Kuduland farm in the Vhembe District where the suspects were arrested.
Eight firearms (five rifles and three pistols), 188 rounds of live ammunition, a black night vision camera, black Nikon binoculars, silver plate coins, jewellery, a bag of various foreign currencies and a box with old South African coins were recovered.
Photo: Limpopo police
“These items were believed to have been taken during the house robbery,” he said.
The suspects, four South Africans and two foreign nationals, between the ages of 27 and 38-years-old, will appear in the Musina Magistrate’s Court soon on charges of house robbery, unlawful possession of firearms and ammunition and possession of suspected stolen properties.
