According to a provincial police spokesperson, Col Donald Mdhluli, the police received information about a stolen vehicle and conducted an intelligence driven operation in KaNyamazane.

“Upon arrival at a certain house in the said area, the police found a grey Toyota Yaris said to have been stolen in Parkview in Gauteng, in September,” said Mdhluli.

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Meanwhile, a 28-year-old man appeared in the Bushbuckridge Magistrate’s Court on Monday and was remanded in custody after being arrested on Friday October 8 on a charge of business robbery at a certain hardware store.

It is said that a security guard employed at the hardware was on duty on the day in question when he was accosted by a group of suspects who held him hostage and tied his hands up with wire.

The suspects allegedly helped themselves to some items, including window frames, a gate, some door frames as well as a fence that they had reportedly cut to gain entry to the premises.

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The suspects then fled the scene. On Saturday October 9, a team of investigators worked around the clock to bring those responsible to justice. They made a breakthrough and recovered some of the stolen items, including the window frames and the gate. One suspect was arrested in connection with the robbery.