In a concerted effort by the Police to fight incidents of serious and violent crimes, joint operations composed of various Police Units in partnership with the Community Based Crime Prevention Structures, continue to yield positive and meaningful results.
Following the killing of the High School Educator, Thomas Ngobeni (52) from Nwa-Makena village outside Giyani, the suspects were spotted by the community in the Namakgale Policing area and subsequently, an intensive joint operation led to the arrest of four suspects.
One of these suspects was found to be a wanted suspect in a series of serious and violent crimes such as house robberies, farm attacks and murders in the Hoedspruit Policing area outside Phalaborwa, escaping from lawful custody at Bushbuckridge Police Station in the Mpumalanga Province and for business robberies in the Namakgale, Maake and Tzaneen Policing areas.
The suspects were ultimately linked to the Giyani murder incident.
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