The Addie recently reported how Casseldale resident Lynette Garrow-van Straaten was driving along Clydesdale Road when she saw a parked white van and two men hurriedly dumping black bags and other waste near the corner of Butler Road (‘Strange objects found at illegal dumping site’).
She pulled over and took photos.
When the pair realised someone was taking pictures of them, they hurriedly returned to their van and drove off, heading toward town.
Garrow-van Straaten returned to the spot a few days later and found everything had been burned.
She went through the ash and came across strange items, including bones and a tightly wrapped small silver object containing a brownish-coloured powder.
Themba Gadebe, spokesman for the Ekurhuleni Metro, says the EMPD can trace any vehicle registration number, as well as the registered owner of the vehicle.
“The EMM charges R2 000 on conviction of an offence,” he says.
Gadebe says the land on which the items were dumped is privately owned.
“The area will be monitored, but any suspicious acts should be reported to the nearest police station or EMPD office,” he adds.
Chief Supt Wilfred Kgasago, spokesman for the EMPD, says they have received the photos and the registration of the vehicle involved.
“Using the registration number, we shall be able to locate the registered owner of the vehicle and he will be made aware of the offence,” he says.
Kgasago adds that a letter ‘without prejudice’ will be sent to them regarding the offence.
“Depending on whether they deny or admit to the offence, a fine or a warning will be issued to them and we shall also make them aware that the evidence we have will be placed on record,” Kgasago concludes.
