Two men who allegedly hatched a plot to kill a woman by setting her house alight are expected appear in court today.
The two, aged 59 and 50, face charges of conspiracy to commit murder and arson.
“In February this year, we received information of a plot to kill a woman from Ratjiepane village in Temba, Hammanskraal, where the alleged plan was to set her house alight at night while she and her family would be asleep,” said police spokesperson Brigadier Mathapelo Peters.
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Gauteng provincial head of organised crime Brigadier Moabi Modise led a multi-disciplinary task team to probe the matter.
“The team worked around the clock and ultimately arrested the duo in an operation in the early hours of Friday. One of the suspects was found in the possession of a flammable solution that would allegedly have been used to commit the planned arson and murder,” Peters said.
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Gauteng police commissioner Lieutenant-General Elias Mawela commended the quality intelligence and meticulous investigation that saw the police intervention spare the lives of the woman and her family.
“The public has yet again played a valuable role in the fight against crime. Had this conspiracy not been reported to the police, we would have been telling a different story today.
“Big ups to everyone who played a role in the prevention of what could have been a tragedy,” Mawela said.
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