The multi-disciplinary operation consisting of the Hawks’ National Priority Violent Crime (NPVC) team based in Bellville together with members deployed at Lockdown operation have on 20 January 2023, arrested a 33-year-old suspect who is linked to the murder of a Police officer which took place on the 1 June 2022.
This comes after a tracing of a suspect operation.
It is alleged that on the morning of June 1, 2022, 49-year-old warrant officer Siyakubonga Gladson Mpakathi was shot and killed in Ngulube Street, Browns farm.
It is reported that Warrant Officer attached to the Rapid Rail Unit was driving towards the Phillipi railway station in his private vehicle when he was shot through the vehicle window and died on the scene.
This arrest follows the arrest of his co-accused Xolisa Lufutha (42) who was arrested on the 18 November 2022 and was successfully denied bail by the court of law.
The suspect is set to make his first appearance on the 23 January 2023 at Athlone Magistrate Court.
