Police officers from the Illicit Mining Team have arrested three suspects and recovered two firearms after tracing a Nissan NP200 hijacked in Calcutta on September 9.

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According to police spokesperson Colonel Mavela Masondo, information led officers to Bushbuckridge, where they found the three suspects, the hijacked bakkie, and a second vehicle suspected of being used in the crime.

Suspects face court charges

The suspects are expected to appear in the Bushbuckridge Magistrate’s Court soon on charges of possessing a suspected hijacked vehicle and unlicensed firearms and ammunition.