POLICE ARREST SUSPECT LINKED WITH KIDNAPPING INCIDENT AT MOTETEMA
POLOKWANE: The Police in Motetema have arrested a suspect that was allegedly involved in a kidnapping incident of two victims aged between 20 and 26 at Manapsane village in Motetema location on Tuesday 09 May 2023.
The suspect was traced and arrested at Vaalbank in Mpumalanga during Operation Thata Zonke conducted on Thursday 11 May 2023.
According to police report, the suspects were driving in a white Mini Copper motor vehicle and kidnapped two victims from their homes at Manapsane, accusing them for stealing their (suspects) properties including television sets in Motetema policing area.
Police managed to rescue the two Motetema victims and also other two more male victims that were allegedly kidnapped at Vaalbank in Mpumalanga. The four victims had serious injuries and were taken to a hospital for medical treatment. One suspect was apprehended in while the driver of Mini Cooper evaded an arrest.
The Provincial Commissioner of the South African Police Service in Limpopo Lieutenant General Thembi Hadebe has welcomed the arrest and called upon community members to provide more positive information that can lead more arrests.
Anyone with information that can assist the Police to arrest the suspects involved should contact Colonel Ngele on 0825733645 or Captain Mothokwa on 0824146464 or crime stop number on 0860010111 or the nearest Police Station or MySAPS App.
The arrested suspect will soon appear before Magistrate’s Court in Motetema.
The Police investigations are still continuing.
