Man drowns while fleeing arrest
A man drowned in the Waterkloof lake in Pretoria while trying to evade arrest on Friday afternoon.
The man, a suspected illegal immigrant, was running from police who raided an area near the Waterkloof quarry with the help of security guards, Rekord East reported.
The security officers had reportedly just introduced themselves to a group of suspected illegal immigrants when the man took off. But guards cornered him at the lake.
Ubuntu Security spokesperson Richard Neumann said: “The man jumped in and started swimming away. He had swum some distance when he simply stopped and disappeared beneath the water.
“Later, the police diving squad recovered his body exactly where he had gone under.”
The rest of the raid, which involved security guards from Ubuntu and Hi-Risk Unit security companies, the Monument Park CPF lead to the arrests of several illegal immigrants as well as the confiscation of 1kg of dagga, Neumann added.
The victim’s body is yet to be released.
– Caxton News Service
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