Security teams track stolen truck from eMakhazeni to Middelburg
Multiple farmwatch units and camera networks join an early-morning pursuit along the R555 before suspects abandon the vehicle on the Stoffberg road.
Two suspects tried to get away with a truck belonging to Van Rensburg and Sons Auctioneers this morning, Thursday, October 29.
Thanks to camera technology, their movements were tracked all the way from eMakhazeni (Belfast) to the vicinity of Middelburg.
The two suspects also took several detours.
They were pursued by an impressive team, including Middelburg’s Dagpatrollie (Day Patrol), System Design Experts (who manage the cameras along the route), DBTA Security from Dullstroom, Highveld Farmwatch, Dullstroom Farmwatch, ADT Belfast, and staff from Van Rensburg Auctioneers.
Timeline tracks early-morning pursuit
Jacques Janse van Rensburg, of Van Rensburg and Sons Auctioneers, said the truck was stolen from their premises in eMakhazeni at approximately 01:45.
02:08 – A member of ADT Belfast and DBTA joint operations team logs a call with the Dullstroom Central control centre to report the theft.
02:46 – SDE reports that the vehicle is on the R555, heading towards Middelburg. Units from ADT Belfast, Dullstroom Farmwatch, Dagpatrollie, and Highveld Farmwatch are dispatched.
03:07 – The Middelburg Dagpatrollie spots the vehicle and begins a pursuit.
03:17 – The two suspects abandon the vehicle and flee into the darkness. Janse van Rensburg said he arrived at the scene, located about 15km from Middelburg on the Stoffberg Road, roughly 10 minutes later.
Schalk Vermaak of Dagpatrollie praised the co-operation among the various groups.
