Shortly after a complaint of vehicle hijacking was reported to police, the Gqeberha K9 unit members arrested a suspect and recovered the vehicle in Ikamvelihle on Friday evening, June 17.
According to Col Priscilla Naidu, police spokesperson, it is alleged that at about 19:50 the complainant exited a house in Indwe Street in Ikamvelihle and while walking to his vehicle, he saw three unknown men knocking at the house next door.
“As he got into his vehicle, the same men pointed him with firearms and forced him out of the vehicle. They drove off in his white Nissan Micra. The K9 members responded to the complaint and not long after, the vehicle was spotted in Ngxangxosi Street in NU3 in Ikamvelihle,” Naidu said.
The vehicle was stopped, searched and one suspect, aged 33, was arrested for vehicle hijacking.
“The suspect was alone in the vehicle. He is expected to appear in the Motherwell Magistrate’s Court on Monday, June 20.”
