Verbygaande motoriste het gesien dat daar mense stop om bande te ruil nadat hulle net na 20:00 oor staalpenne op die N4 tussen die Vandyksdrif afrit en die tolhek gery het.

• Die polisie se mediakantoor sê hulle het geen klagtes gekry nie en is daar dus niemand beroof nie.

• Die staalpenrowers is al vir maande ’n ernstige probleem op die N4 en N12 in Mpumalanga en Gauteng en het me. Faith Shabangu etlike weke gelede gesterf toe sy van haar aanvallers probeer wegkom het en doodgery is.

• Twee weke gelede is een van die staalpenrowers in Gauteng gearresteer en is daar onder andere twee handwapens by hom gekry.

Lees meer oor staalpen voorvalle:

Motorists robbed after spikes are thrown onto N4

Murder most foul – Mother of baby killed from N4 spike robbers

Crime an ongoing risk on N4 highway

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