Police are investigating cases of car-jacking and attempted car-jacking after three suspects were caught with a hijacked vehicle in their garage.
On January 20 at about 01:00 the tracking company, Track It 24/7 South Africa was assisting CarTrack in the search for a client’s stolen vehicle.
It was at this moment when Witbank Police were informed about a hijacked vehicle in the area of Highveld Park.
SAPS along with the recovery agents went to the given address where they caught three suspects in the act of stripping the hijacked Toyota Avanza.
The three suspects that were caught with a hijacked vehicle in Highveld Park on January 20.
A chase ensued and two suspects were arrested. One of the suspects fled from the police and in the process injured himself by jumping from a roof.
South African Community Crime Watch (SACCW) technical assistance was provided along with SACCW responders from Highveld Park and Model Park neighbourhood watch.
While the police investigated the scene the SACCW responders assisted in the search for the suspect on the run for over three hours before the police then called off the manhunt.
Later, on January 20 at 22:00, SACCW received another call from a concerned resident in a security complex in Model Park of an unknown man inside the complex seemingly hiding from someone or something. SACCW responders in Model Park and Highveld Park neighbourhood were dispatched and on arrival found the third suspect that got away earlier.
The suspect came to a stop because of his foot being seriously injured in the chase before he was positively identified by the police and was arrested on scene.
The three suspects that were caught with a hijacked vehicle in Highveld Park on January 20.
The stolen vehicle was recovered, additional stolen goods were found and all three suspects are still in police custody.
During a search of the property a stolen BMW motorcycle was found. On further investigation this motorcycle was positively linked to one of the suspects, JP Smith that was arrested in Mosselbay in December 2017 which WITBANK NEWS did an article on.
In the article it was said that the three suspects were caught on December 7 while fleeing from the police in connection with two stolen motorcycles in Klerksdorp, North West.
The motorcycle that was found at the scene in Highveld Park was taken to the police station, where it was handed over to Klerksdorp Police Station for further investigation.
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