THREE hijacked vehicles were recovered in Tembisa by the metro police in two separate incidents.
Members of the EMPD Loss Control Unit received a lookout for a hijacked VW Polo on Thursday night, last week around 8.45pm and managed to locate the vehicle at 9.06pm in Tlamatlama Section in Tembisa.
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The VW Polo was hijacked earlier in the day in Lyttleton, Pretoria. The recovered VW Polo was found abandoned but intact with only a few minor scratches on the rear and front bumpers, metro police spokesman, Chief Supt Wilfred Kgasago, said.
EMPD members arranged with Tembisa SAPS for the recovered vehicle to be taken to the pound in Benoni. The hunt is on for the suspects.
In another operation on Saturday, two sedans, a grey Hyundai i20 and a white Renault, hijacked in Olifantsfontein and Actonville on Friday night, were recovered at around 10.30am in Tembisa. Both vehicles were still intact, Kgasago said.
“Metro police members received a lookout on Saturday morning at 8.30am. After being furnished with the GPS coordinates of the location of the two vehicles, the metro police went out to search for the vehicles.
“Almost two hours later, the vehicles were located in Isithama Section. Arrangements, in conjunction with Tembisa SAPS, were made to move the two recovered vehicle to the police pound in Benoni.”
The search is underway in an effort to catch the perpetrators of the crimes.
