A 28-year-old suspect was arrested for a number of taxi violence related shootings in the province after he was found at a local hospital with gunshot wounds on Friday, 1 May.
Provincial police spokesperson, Captain Nqobile Gwala, said detectives from the Provincial Organised Crime Unit and Ugu Cluster conducted an intelligence driven operation following a report of a man admitted in hospital was received. Police proceeded to the identified hospital and found the suspect with gunshot wounds.
“It is alleged that last week, he was shot and injured by unknown men while at Folweni and he was driven by his acquaintances to a hospital on the South Coast where he was admitted for medical attention. Police investigations have linked the suspect to a number of murder cases in the Inanda, Umlazi, Umzinto and other areas in the province,” Gwala said.
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The suspect will be charged and will appear in court soon. An investigation to determine on how he was shot is continuing. Police also seized his vehicle for further investigation.
The KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Commissioner, Lt-Gen Khombinkosi Jula, commended the investigating officers for their persistence to solve taxi violence related cases.
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