In the police’s efforts to reduce contact crimes in the Western Cape, an 18 year old suspect is appeared in the Athlone Magistrates’ Court on 13 December 2017, regarding a hijacking case.
The suspect was arrested on Monday afternoon 11 December 2017, two hours after he and two accomplices had hijacked a vehicle that was stationary in Lansdowne Road, Browns Farm. The three had approached the vehicle with two on the driver’s side and the third one on the passenger’s side. They pointed a firearm at the driver and instructed him and the passenger to get out of the vehicle, then pulled them from the vehicle and drove away towards the Browns Farm area.
The vehicle was later recovered where it had been left abandoned, with two tyres removed, at Minxi Street in Browns Farm. While guarding the vehicle the members were tipped off about the suspect who had brought the vehicle into the area and the suspect was promptly arrested.
The suspect might be linked to another hijacking incident which occurred on the same day in the same road with the same number of suspects and modus operandi.
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