The sterling teamwork and meticulous reaction by the Burgersfort Cluster Crime Intelligence Unit and the Detectives, resulted in the arrest on the night of 6 May 2020, of five suspects who were allegedly involved in the murder of a 43 year old shop owner and left his assistant seriously injured.
The incident happened during a Business Robbery at Kgabutswane village in the Leboeng policing area outside Burgersfort on 14 April 2020 in which they managed to getaway with undisclosed amount of money and groceries.
The suspects, aged between 18 and 34, were arrested during an Intelligence driven operation that was conducted following an information received about their hideouts. They were all nabbed at different locations around Tubatse policing area.
The following items were confiscated during the arrests: 3 firearms and ammunition, cellphones, micro ovens, laptops, speakers, amplifiers, plasma TV, a mixer and a Nissan bakkie.
Further investigations were conducted which revealed that the suspects were involved in two other separate business robberies around the Leboeng policing area, burglary business at Tubatse and a business robbery at Atok outside Driekop where the recovered Nissan bakkie was allegedly stolen.
The Provincial Commissioner of the South African Police Service in Limpopo Lieutenant General Nneke Ledwaba has applauded these of members for a well-coordinated operation that led to this breakthrough. He also thanked community members for providing valuable information which led to the apprehension of these suspects who have been terrorising members of the community for some time.
Further investigations are underway to establish their possible links to similar offences in this area and across the province.
The suspects are expected to appear before the Praktiseer magistrate’s court on 8 May 2020, on charges of Murder, Attempted murder, Business Robbery, three counts of House robberies and Possession of suspected stolen properties. They will also appear on charges of Possession of unlicensed firearm and ammunition and Burglary separately.
The Police investigations are still continuing.
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