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Police constable arrested in Marburg for driving stolen vehicle

The vehicle's ignition had been tampered with.

February 12, 2018
Sugan Naidoo 1 minute read
The vehicle which was stolen in Durban earlier this year.

Two men, one of them a police constable from the Eastern Cape,  were arrested in Marburg area, near Port Shepstone yesterday (Sunday).

At about 7pm,  a private tracking company asked for assistance from Port Shepstone police.

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Officers from the 10111 Call Center in Port Shepstone, accompanied by officers from the tracking company as well as those from a security company, stopped a maroon Toyota Verso which was carrying two occupants.

“It was established that the driver was a police constable from the Eastern Cape. It turned out that the vehicle had been stolen from Durban earlier this year, and that its number plates were false,” said police spokesman, Lieutenant-Colonel Zandra Wiid. “The vehicle’s  ignition had also been tampered with.”

Both men were arrested and will appear in court in Durban.

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February 12, 2018
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Sugan Naidoo

Senior reporter Sugan Naidoo is a true son of the South Coast soil. He was to the newspaper industry born, his late father working at the South Coast Herald back in the days when black and white photographs were still being used. Sugan has been with Caxton for close to three decades, having started as a weekend photographer, straight out of school. He soon showed his skill in hard news reporting and has, over the years, added to his repertoire, with motoring now one of his important beats. He is always willing to go the extra mile, especially if it's to test drive a new vehicle. He supports the Proteas, Springboks and Manchester United.
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