{"id":47520,"date":"2026-06-22T19:12:49","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T17:12:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/high-speed-chase-through-pietermaritzburg-results-in-three-foreign-nationals-being-apprehended-for-a-string-of-burglaries-in-the-city\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T19:12:49","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T17:12:49","slug":"high-speed-chase-through-pietermaritzburg-results-in-three-foreign-nationals-being-apprehended-for-a-string-of-burglaries-in-the-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/high-speed-chase-through-pietermaritzburg-results-in-three-foreign-nationals-being-apprehended-for-a-string-of-burglaries-in-the-city\/","title":{"rendered":"High-Speed Chase Through Pietermaritzburg Results in Three Foreign Nationals Being Apprehended for a String of Burglaries in the City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mi7 Armed Response teams on Monday apprehended three foreign nationals suspected to be linked to a string of residential burglaries in the city. The trio were caught after a daring high-speed chase from Northdale to Hayfields. <\/p>\n<p>Mi7 was first made aware of the gang the day before, on Sunday, when Strategic Threat Response Unit members received information from a Northdale resident who had fallen victim earlier in the week. According to the resident, who had already opened a case with the police, the gang struck during the day, derailing the perimeter gate and using a crowbar to get through the front door. The resident&#039;s teenage daughter was inside, and locked herself in a room while calling for help. The gang allegedly ransacked the home before fleeing, and luckily, no harm came to the teenager. <\/p>\n<p>Mi7 STRU teams gathered CCTV footage of the incident and was able to identify the getaway vehicle &#8211; a blue BMW. <\/p>\n<p>Then, on Monday, while conducting regular patrols in the same area,&#8230;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/news.aspx?s=1&#038;i=77771&#038;page=high-speed-chase-through-pietermaritzburg-results-in-three-foreign-nationals-being-apprehended-for-a-string-of-burglaries-in-the-city\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more on Arrive Alive <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mi7 Armed Response teams on Monday apprehended three foreign nationals suspected to be linked to a string of residential burglaries in the city. The trio were caught after a daring high-speed chase from Northdale to Hayfields. Mi7 was first made aware of the gang the day before, on Sunday, when Strategic Threat Response Unit members [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":47521,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/726955224_2035464337063435_5646116848507404140_n.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2149],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-accidents"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/726955224_2035464337063435_5646116848507404140_n.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47520"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47520\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}