Honeydew SAPS’ Delta team commended
False statements waste valuable time and resources as every report has to be investigated thoroughly. The truth will always reveal itself.
The Honeydew Police Station’s Delta relief team uncovered a case of perjury on Wednesday, July 13.
At around 08:00 two men, a Bolt driver and the owner of the motor vehicle he uses, arrived at the Honeydew Police Station alleging that the driver was hijacked the previous night around 21:15. The driver alleged that he picked up somebody in Jackal Creek, and the alleged hijacking took place on the road leading into Cosmo City.
“He claimed that when a car stopped in front of him, he stopped his car. The armed hijackers got out and told him and his passenger to get out of the car, which they did,” explained Warrant Officer Michael Erasmus. “One of our detectives asked if the driver had the passenger’s particulars and he replied no as his phone had been taken, but he had his private phone with him.”
They went through his private phone and saw that he had made a call from it to his girlfriend’s phone after he allegedly was hijacked. “This after he had said that his phone was at his girlfriend’s house at the time of the hijacking. The detectives then asked the driver why his girlfriend spoke to herself for 45 seconds. The guys left it at that, opened the case of hijacking and explained the whole story. They got him to sign all the necessary forms and took the docket to have it registered.”
While on their way to the crime scene in the police car the officers got him to open up more, which was when his story changed. The driver said he was in a car accident in Diepsloot and he was going to go show them where it happened.
“The officers went to Diepsloot, but there they were given the runaround. Eventually the Bolt driver confessed that he had sold the car for R30 000. They brought him back to the police station and arrested him. The owner of the car subsequently opened a case of motor vehicle theft, and perjury charges were added because he lied to us about the hijacking,” explained Erasmus.
“While the officers were busy with him they got a call that the car was in Zandspruit. They recovered it, brought it back and informed the owner that it would be impounded. The suspect’s court date was set for Friday, July 15,” concluded Erasmus.
The Honeydew SAPS were commended for their vigorous investigation of this case. Colonel Marius Hefer urged the community to report true and factual information to the police rather than wasting resources. “We are experiencing a very high number of hijackings and motor vehicles thefts in the Honeydew area, which is obviously very concerning,” explained Hefer.
“We take every case very seriously and will investigate it to the best of our abilities.” At this stage of the investigation the names and details of the accused have not been released. The Northsider will provide more detailed information after the suspect has appeared in court.
