POLOKWANE – Police in Polokwane are urging anyone with information of the whereabouts of two business robbery suspects to contact the nearest police station, following a robbery on Friday night, 19 April.
The victim, according to police spokesperson, Brigadier Motlafela Mojapelo, was allegedly accosted by two unknown males who threatened him and tied him up before loading three television sets, two wine fridges. an ice maker and a gas stove into the owner’s Audi A4 and fled from the scene.
“A Sergeant and a Constable on patrol in the Tweefontein area received the message of the business robbery and gave chase when they noticed the said Audi. The suspects lost control of the vehicle along Church street, abandoned it and fled into the darkness,” Mojapelo explained.
The vehicle, he says, was recovered together with the stolen items.
Photo: Limpopo police
“Anyone with information about the suspects is requested to contact the nearest police station or call the toll free number at 0860010111,” he concluded,
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