Maluti Vispol members received a complaint of shooting incident by a 38 year old male at Black diamond area of Maluti, in the Eastern Cape province, on Saturday 6 April 2019. At about 20:00 attackers fired shots through the window of the house including the room where the victim was asleep. Twenty three sheep were taken from the kraal.
Vispol members followed the tracks of the livestock until they reached at Lehlohonolo and Sibi A/A where they stopped a vehicle. Inside the vehicle they found three males from Bizana driving the motor vehicle and fourteen sheep, one was already slaughtered.
A case of armed robbery, stock theft, attempted murder and possession of illegal firearm were opened and under investigation. All the firearms recovered will be sent to the forensic lab to ascertain whether they were used in earlier commission of crime.
All three suspects, males aged 21, 36 and 48 years appeared today at Maluti Magistrate’s Court and case was remanded to 11 April 2019 for formal bail hearing. Their Motor vehicle was confiscated and impounded at Afsondering SAPS while the Sheep were impounded for further investigation.
Owner of the livestock was informed to come and identify his livestock and he positively confirmed that the sheep belonged to him stock.
In an unrelated matter, Mthatha Stock theft Unit at Bityi with Bityi Vispol were doing an operation when they stopped a white Toyota Bakkie and searched it.
Four males were found in the vehicle with twenty two sheep without necessary documents for transporting of stock. The four occupants, aged 25, 29 and 31 were arrested for Possession of Stolen Stock.
The twenty two sheep recovered were loaded in the vehicle while nine sheep were positively identified and handed to rightful owner. Another ten were positively identified when the owner came to open a case. Three sheep have not been identified yet.
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