POSITIVE TIP-OFF LEADS TO ARREST OF FIVE SUSPECTS, PRECIOUS STONES AND ABANDONED VEHICLE RECOVERED

POSITIVE TIP-OFF LEADS TO ARREST OF FIVE SUSPECTS, PRECIOUS STONES AND ABANDONED VEHICLE RECOVERED

POLOKWANE: Members of SAPS Vhembe Flying Squad have arrested five suspects aged between 38 and 58 for possession of precious stones and suspected stolen properties, on Tuesday 11 April 2023 at around 20:00.

The members received information about suspects who were in possession of unlicensed firearm. Leads were followed and the suspects were found at an RDP house at Mutshepisi village. Upon searching the house, Police recovered 31x 10 kg bags of Precious stones, big and small alpha compressors.

Meanwhile, On 12 April 2023 at about 03:35 the same team seized a silver grey Mercedes Benz C220 and illicit cigarettes, following a swift reaction on the information received regarding the vehicle transporting illicit cigarettes from Willyspoort N1 to Makhado.

The said vehicle was then spotted, police tried to stop it but the driver sped off. In the process, he lost control of the vehicle, and drove over the traffic circle at three mile and it stopped. The suspect thereafter fled the scene on foot.

The members searched the vehicle and found 367 boxes of illicit cigarettes Remington gold with an estimated street value of R36700.00

The Provincial Commissioner of the South African Police Service in Limpopo Lieutenant General Thembi Hadebe has praised the members for arresting these suspects and recovering the stolen goods.

The arrested suspects will soon appear before local Magistrate’s Court.

The Police investigations still ongoing.