In a concerted effort to deal with incidents of crime head on, the radical strategies through the joint operations by different Police Stations and Units in various Clusters continue to produce positive and meaningful results. This became evident when two suspects aged around twenties were arrested few hours after they committed a business robbery in the Waterval policing area outside Makhado.
It is alleged that the suspect and his accomplice have robbed a local spaza shop and the customer’s money, airtimes, cartons of cigarettes and cellphones at Shirley Village before they fled the scene with a motor vehicle towards Hlanganani.
The police were notified and a motor vehicle chase ensued and during that process, the two off duty police officers became aware of this incident and they also joined in chasing the suspects with their private motor vehicles.
The suspects were later spotted at Mahatlane village in the Hlanganani policing area outside Giyani and they started shooting at the police who retaliated until the suspects were arrested. No police officer was injured during the crossfire.
During this arrest, all the robbed items were recovered. The firearm and a knife which are believed to be the once used during the robbery were also recovered. The motor vehicle used by the suspects was also confiscated. The preliminary police investigations have revealed that the motor vehicle was reported stolen in the Ritavi policing area outside Tzaneen a week ago.
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