Truck torching: Two suspects arrested in Mpumalanga
A multidisciplinary team assigned with investigating the attacks and burning of trucks made a breakthrough when they arrested two suspects in Mpumalanga. The two men aged 27 and 29 were arrested at their place of residence on Thursday, 13 July. SUSPECTS ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH ATTACKS ON TRUCKS South African Police Service (SAPS) spokesperson, Brigadier Athlenda […]
A multidisciplinary team assigned with investigating the attacks and burning of trucks made a breakthrough when they arrested two suspects in Mpumalanga.
The two men aged 27 and 29 were arrested at their place of residence on Thursday, 13 July.
SUSPECTS ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH ATTACKS ON TRUCKS
South African Police Service (SAPS) spokesperson, Brigadier Athlenda Mathe said the first suspect was arrested on a farm in Piet Retief with the assistance of a private security firm and the other suspect was arrested in Ermelo.
Both suspects face a charge of malicious damage to property.
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Police Commissioner General Fannie Masemola said the net is closing in on those behind these attacks.
Masemola said police are hot on the heels of more suspects which involve the ring leaders of sporadic incidents of criminality.
“Either they hand themselves over or we fetch them ourselves,” he said.
Mathe said high density operations continue through roadblocks, stop and searches, and the tracing operations of these wanted suspects.
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Man caught on an in-cab camera setting a truck alight in Mpumalanga on Wednesday morning, 12 July#TruckAttacks pic.twitter.com/wDBd06T4UI
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During a briefing on Wednesday, Police Minister, Bheki Cele said intelligence suggests that attacks on trucks may be business related and they know that these are not just random acts of criminality.
“Evidence before us points to organised coordinated and sophisticated operations that seek to undermine and sabotage the state. We are encouraged that 12 people of interest have been identified through investigations and intelligence collection,” Cele said.