Organised crime unit crackdown on a case involving a former ward councillor organised murder in Meloding.
On 2021 September 23, Mr Piet Moletsane was shot and killed while leaving the tavern he was working at. The deceased was active in politics and was a candidate ward councillor by then.
Provincial Organised Crime Unit was tasked to investigate the murder and on 28 January 2022, the unit successfully traced and arrested two suspects aged 31 and 34 for the murder of the deceased.
Further Investigation revealed that the two accused were allegedly hired as hitmen.
After an intensive investigation the 44-year-old former ward councillor at the time of this murder, was also traced and arrested for the murder.
He is allegedly linked as the mastermind in the murder that happened back in 2021.
The suspect will appear in the Virginia Magistrate court on Wednesday 4 May 2022.
The other two accused are still in custody.
