SAPS recover stolen vehicle outside Mbombela
A stolen Toyota Hilux fitted with false registration plates was recovered near Mbombela on February 16, and a suspect was taken into police custody.
The White River Flying Squad recovered a suspected stolen vehicle and arrested a foreign national on the N4 near Alkmaar on Monday, February 16.
The arrest followed information received about a stolen Toyota Hilux reported earlier that day in Kameeldrift, Gauteng. Police conducted patrols along the N4 and spotted a bakkie matching the description travelling towards Mbombela.
The vehicle was stopped, and further checks confirmed it was the stolen Hilux from Kameeldrift.
A 26-year-old Mozambican national was arrested on a charge of possession of a suspected stolen motor vehicle and detained.
“The vehicle, a Toyota GD-6, was fitted with false registration plates. Further inspection revealed that certain interior components had been removed, possibly in preparation for disabling a tracking device,” said Lieutenant Colonel Jabu Ndubane, a police spokesperson.
The recovered vehicle was taken to the Vehicle Identification Section for safekeeping and further forensic investigation.
The suspect was expected to appear in the Nelspruit Magistrate’s Court on February 17. The outcome was not yet known at the time of publishing.
