Ogies police acted swiftly on information related to mielie theft in the Kendal area, this lead to the arrest of a man who claims he bought the mielies.
On April 25 police received a complaint that there had been a theft of mielies and headed out to a plot near Kendal where the mielies were suspected to have been taken.
On arrival police discovered a wheelbarrow with four full bags of mielies, they questioned the suspect who claimed he was off to sell the mielies.
Stolen mielies were found at a plot near Kendal.
On further inspection of the plot the police found a large stock of mielies estimated to be valued at R1-million.
63 Bags of mielies were recovered to the value of R1.5-million. The suspect that was arrested claimed that he bought the mielies from an auction but when asked could not provide the necessary paperwork to prove the transaction.
Additional investigation of the premises lead to the recovery of another stock of mielies,
bringing the total value of the stolen stock to an estimated R3-million worth.
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