Police searching for a missing man in Irene veld arrest three unrelated robbery suspects
According to police, rescue teams were attending to a separate incident looking for a missing person when they were alerted that there were armed hijacking suspects in the area.
Paint with an estimated value of R2 million was recovered in Irene, Pretoria, on Friday when police were searching for a missing man.
Police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Mavela Masondo said the police were out in search of a missing man in veld in Irene, when a passerby alerted them to a crime occurring in the veld.
The alert led to police arresting three suspects, aged between 24 and 34.
Masondo said the suspects were charged with truck hijacking, kidnapping and possession of an unlicensed firearm and ammunition.
“According to a preliminary report, earlier yesterday the truck driver and his crew were making their way from Kempton Park to Silverton when they were confronted by four men
“The men then allegedly drove off with their victims in the hijacked truck until Irene where they allegedly ordered the victims to offload the cargo, namely paint with an estimated value of R2 million.”
He said police managed to arrest three suspects, while the fourth fled.
He said police could not confirm if the missing man they had been searching for had been found.
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