Help Police recapture five men who escaped from lawful custody

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Help Police recapture five men who escaped from lawful custody
Police are looking for five suspects who escaped from the Acornhoek holding cells. Pohto: SAPS

The Acornhoek and Bushbuckridge police are looking for five suspects who escaped from the Acornhoek holding cells in the early hours of the morning, Saterday, 10 December 2016.

It is reported that around 05:00, members on duty at the Community Service Centre (CSC) went to visit the holding cells, whereupon they noticed that five suspects have escaped, leaving behind three.

Three of the five belonged to the Acornhoek SAPS and two to the Bushbuckridge SAPS, as the latter are using Acornhoek to detain their arrested suspects. The escapees’ particulars are as follows:

Acornhoek suspects:

· Tshireledzo Makhadzi aged 26, arrested for housebreaking and theft and theft out of motor vehicle.
· Sabatha Maboi aged 24, arrested for possession of an unlicensed firearm as well as ammunition and business robbery.
· Prosperity Moeng aged 31, arrested for rape.

Bushbuckridge suspects:

· Floyd Mashaba aged 28, arrested for assault (GBH), theft and kidnapping of a minor.
· Katekani Lubisi aged 25, arrested for assault (GBH) ,theft and kidnapping.

An appeal is made to members of the community not to confront any of these fugitives because they may be dangerous, but to contact Detective Lieutenant Colonel Reckson Tronk Sibuyi at 082469103.

For the Acornhoek fugitives contact Lieutenant Colonel Hanyani Mushwana at 0824691298 or the SAPS Crimeline at 08600 10111.

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SOURCESouth African Police Service