Five suspects were arrested for hijacking a truck loaded with R125 000 worth of goods and were detained at the Ivory Park police station.
EMPD spokesperson Chief Superintendent Wilfred Kgasago said on June 18 a white Nissan UD80 truck loaded with huge quantities of foodstuffs left its business premises in Isando.
“The driver made a stop to get breakfast and his truck was hijacked at gunpoint by an unknown number of assailants.
“At 7.40am the EMPD Community Liaison Unit received information of the hijacked truck and with the assistance of the vehicle tracking system located the truck at 8.20am in Ivory Park with its load missing,” said Kgasago.
Kgasago said the last stop of the truck before the location where it was found abandoned was detected.
“The detected location was a house on Khulani Street in Ivory Park where the officers recovered the stolen groceries and found five men – two Ethiopian nationals and three locals.
“All five suspects were arrested and detained at Ivory Park police station on charges of possession of stolen goods and a hijacked motor vehicle.
“The recovered truck was taken to SAPS Van Ryn Deep pound for further investigations,” said Kgasago.
The arrested suspects whose ages range between 28 and 39 are expected to appear in the Tembisa Magistrate’s Court soon.
