Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department officers recovered two hijacked vehicles on October 20.
A white Nissan bakkie was found abandoned in Freedom Park after being hijacked in Newlands. Officers later recovered a RAM courier services vehicle abandoned in Lenasia.
Goods transported by the vehicle were removed and the canopy opened. JMPD chief superintendent Wayne Minnaar, confirms that no arrests have been made yet and both vans were towed to the police impound in Aeroton.
JMPD has issued a stern warning to the owners of private vehicles not to fit them with blue lights. According to Minnaar, private security vehicles, in particular, are discouraged from utilising these lights on their vehicles.
Minnaar said, “The use of blue lights on a security vehicle is in contravention of regulation 176 of the National Road Traffic Act and fitting these constitutes impersonation of JMPD officers.”
“JMPD will arrest and prosecute any private security guards found to be contravening this law.”
