Four suspects aged between 25 and 37 were nabbed during the intelligence led joint operation which was conducted in Tzaneen yesterday, Friday 12 July.

The police followed up on information from community members about a blue VW Golf which was involved in several hitch hiking robberies around Tzaneen.

Read: Hitchhiker robbed outside Tzaneen

“Within a short space of time one suspect was arrested in the Tzaneen CBD driving the vehicle matching the description,” Col Moatshe Ngoepe said.

According to Ngoepe, the operation unfolded in Lenyenye township outside Tzaneen.

“The suspect’s accomplices were spotted traveling with a white BMW without registration numbers. The motor vehicle was pulled off the road but it sped off and a motor vehicle chase ensued until it was cornered in the villages outside Lenyenye but three suspects abandoned it and run into the nearby bushes on foot. They were chased and nabbed,” Ngoepe said.

During the arrest 14 cellphones and clothes were recovered.

More in next weeks edition of Letaba Herald.