MOKOPANE REGIONAL COURT HANDED DOWN SIX YEARS OF DIRECT IMPRISONMENT TO ACCUSED OF CAR SMAGULING
POLOKWANE: Mokopane Regional Court has imposed six years of direct imprisonment against a 37-year-old accused for possession of stolen motor vehicle recovered in Mokopane on 29 December 2024.
His sentence came after the theft of motor vehicle, Toyota Corola cross MPV was reported stolen in Gauteng province Brakpan SAPS in 2024.
Limpopo Provincial anti-smuggling team received intelligence information about a suspected stolen motor vehicle from Gauteng province driving along N1, en route to Bietbridge Boarder Port of Entery to be smuggled to Zimbabwe.
The team operationalized the lookout information, and the vehicle matching the description was spotted driving along N1 next to Zebediela Tol Plaza where it was cornered.
The driver was arrested for possession of a suspected stolen motor vehicle. Meanwhile, the motor vehicle was confiscated for further investigations.
On Friday, 27 June 2025, the Mokopane Regional Court found the accused, Joseph Kungwengwe, 37 guilty and sentenced him to six years of direct imprisonment for possession of suspected stolen motor vehicle.
The Provincial Commissioner of Police in Limpopo Lieutenant General Thembi Hadebe has applauded the Provincial Anti-smuggling team for their sterling work to prevent smuggling of motor vehicles.
