In the early hours of the morning Ethekwini Outer South Cluster Team together with Provincial Trio Task Team made breakthrough by arresting six wanted suspects in the KwaMakhutha area.
The suspects were arrested for a number of house robberies within KwaMakhutha, Durban. The group reigned with terror when committing house robberies in KwaMakhutha and surrounding areas, where some victims were also murdered.
These arrested criminals aged between 21 and 31 also targeted South African Police members’ homes and regularly engaged in shootouts.
During the operation, an arrest was also made, for the KwaMakhutha murder of Skhumbuso Maluleka, 29, Deputy Principal at Manyuswa Primary School in Umlazi. He was murdered on 9 May 2018 during a house robbery, where his Toyota Corolla vehicle was also taken. The vehicle was also recovered at a mechanic in Umbumbulu during the operation.
A 9mm firearm, 34 live rounds, laptops, twenty cellular phones, high tech gadgets, household appliances that were taken in the various house robberies, were also recovered. The suspects have so far been linked to 19 cases of house robberies where in some victims were murdered.
All the suspects are set to appear in the Nsimbini Magistrate’s Court on Monday, 28 May 2018.
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