LUXURY VEHICLE FOUND CHOPPED AT WORKSHOP IN NIRVANA – THREE SUSPECTS ARRESTED, INCLUDING OWNER
POLOKWANE – A luxury black Porsche Cayenne, reported stolen, was discovered stripped and chopped into parts at a workshop at Nirvana in Polokwane during an intelligence-driven operation conducted on Wednesday, 09 July 2025. This breakthrough led to the arrest of three suspects, including the workshop owner.
The operation was executed by the Limpopo Tracking Team in partnership with Tracker Connect, Tshimollo Security and Investigation, and Limpopo Tracking Security following intelligence about suspicious activities at a workshop situated on Nelson Mandela Drive in Nirvana.
Upon arrival, the team found the high-end Porsche Cayenne already dismantled in the backyard of the workshop. Preliminary investigations confirmed the vehicle had been stolen in May 2025 in the Zebediela policing area.
Further search of the premises led to the recovery of a second vehicle — a white Toyota Tazz — which had been reported stolen in October 2024 in the Seshego policing area.
Three male suspects, aged between 35 and 49, were immediately apprehended. Among them is a 49-year-old foreign national who owns the workshop. He was found to be in the country illegally, and an additional charge for contravening the Immigration Act will be added.
A case of possession of suspected stolen motor vehicles has been opened at Westernburg SAPS. The suspects are expected to appear before the Polokwane Magistrate’s Court on Friday, 11 July 2025.
The Provincial Commissioner of Police in Limpopo, Lieutenant General Thembi Hadebe, welcomed the arrest and praised the integrated efforts that led to the recovery of the stolen vehicles.
“The dismantling of high-end stolen vehicles like this luxury Porsche indicates a well-organised criminal operation. We are determined to uproot such syndicates and bring perpetrators to justice,” said Lieutenant General Hadebe.
