Police officers from the Provincial Anti-Hijacking Task Team in Ehlanzeni, Tonga visible policing, and crime intelligence have recovered a suspected stolen vehicle during a tracking operation in Nkomazi on Thursday, September 10.

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“It was during this time when the astute members received information regarding a suspicious white Isuzu D-Max, bearing Eastern Cape registration plates, which was reportedly being driven through the mountainous area towards the border line,” said police spokesperson Captain Mpho Nonyane-Mpe.

Officers acted on the information and proceeded to the area, where they found the vehicle abandoned.

Vehicle linked to ongoing investigation

The vehicle was the subject of a police investigation into an incident in Gauteng earlier this month. It was seized for further investigation.

The circumstances surrounding the vehicle form part of the ongoing investigation.