TWO suspects aged 26 and 27 years were arrested hours after an alleged hijacking took place in Bucwa Street in KwaNobuhle.
According to police information the 58-year-old complainant was driving his Jikeleza taxi, a Toyota Corolla when two males requested a lift. He then had a firearm pointed at him. He was thrown out of the vehicle.
“The vehicle’s tracker was activated and the vehicle’s movements were being monitored. Police from Kwazakele Vispol Task Team and members from crime prevention picked up the vehicle’s movements in the Motherwell area,” said police spokesperson Colonel Priscilla Naidu.
“When the vehicle stopped at the Dunbrody informal settlement near Kirkwood, members swooped in on the suspects. Three males were seen walking away from the vehicle. The driver and passenger of the vehicle were pointed out and were arrested. A toy gun was also confiscated.”
The suspects have been detained on a charge of possession of suspected stolen property.
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