Truck hijacker nabbed
Rietgat police managed to arrest one man after he and two other men hijacked a bakery truck in Soshanguve.
A suspected truck hijacker was arrested in Soshanguve over the weekend, police said on Monday.
Spokesperson Lieutenant Sarah Lesabane said two other men were still at large following the hijacking.
“On Saturday around 09:00 a 41-year-old bakery driver was approached by three men in Soshanguve Block PP while waiting for his crew who were delivering bread inside a shop.”
“One of them pointed a firearm at him and instructed him to get out of the truck. As he did, the three men left with the truck,” she said.
Lesabane said police received a tip-off about the men and a chase ensued when the Wintersveldt Loate members joined in.
“The truck was recovered at a certain stand. The 20-year-old suspect was arrested in the process and a pellet gun used to commit the crime was recovered,” Lesabane added.
The arrested man will appear before Soshanguve Magistrate’s Court soon, she said.
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