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Col Thabo Litabe, corporate communication officer of the police, said there are still police members who go the extra mile in ensuring that citizens are and feel safe. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When Charles Compaan (80) from Griquatown was stranded with a flat tyre next to the N8 route between Griquatown and Campbell last week, he struggled to remove a cable tie that secured the wheel cap as he did not have a knife with him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was surprised to be approached by two complete strangers. In this case Col Kholakele Sontsi and his colleague, Const. 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Veronique Magerman who assisted a stranded elderly driver on the N8.<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\">Photos: Supplied<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>They were returning from a Women\u2019s Month event when they saw the elderly man next to his vehicle. They made a U-turn and offered their assistance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sontsi assisted in cutting the cable tie, and also changed the flat tyre. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThose wheel nuts were so tightly screwed in. I don\u2019t think that the old man would have succeeded to unscrew it himself. I was also having a challenge to remove the nuts, but I managed to,\u201d said Sontsi. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When asked about the ordeal, Compaan had nothing but praise for the two members. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThey were both neatly dressed but did not worry about it as their only quest was to assist me. 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