One nabbed after truck hijacking
A suspect has been arrested he was spotted driving a hijacked truck carrying computers worth R6 million on the R21 in Kempton Park.
Two other suspects are believed to be on the run in a silver Ford Figo, Kempton Express reported.
Police made the arrest on the R21 just before the Atlas Road off-ramp.
The truck was hijacked in Heidelberg, and a tracking company notified the police and gave a description of the vehicle. It was first spotted on Barbara Road by the flying squad.
This after a hijacked truck was found by the Hartebeeskop police in Mpumalanga earlier this month.
The truck was apparently hijacked at gunpoint from its driver in Bronkhortspruit.
In December, A truck loaded with liquor was hijacked on Holfontein Road, Welgedacht Agricultural Holdings, in Gauteng.
The driver of the truck and a colleague had been on their way to do a delivery when they were stopped at the Springs Etwatwa turn-off by two alleged Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) officials.
Read more: Truck hijacked by two alleged EMPD officials
– Caxton News Service
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