A business is looking for information after one of their trucks was looted of all its tyres and the load was stolen.
After receiving the complaint, police arrested a suspect on August 15. Unfortunately the case was dismissed because the man could not be linked to the crime.
A feather in the police’s cap is that 19 of the truck tyres worth R200 000 was also recovered.
Mr Marthinus de Bruyn told WITBANK NEWS that one of their drivers left the premises with the Volvo truck to deliver charcoal at Umlazi.
But he did not load anything off at Umlazi.
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After becoming suspicious, they monitored the truck’s tracking system and discovered it was stationary at the same place for almost two hours.
De Bruyn contacted the police who found the truck with the keys still in the ignition. The driver, who was the only one who had the socket to remove the tyres, was nowhere in sight.
<img src="https://www.citizen.co.za/witbank-news/wp-content/uploads/sites/105/2018/09/ze471-Copy.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="600" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-114104″ />Some of the stolen truck tyres that was recovered.
Onboard camera footage showed the driver with men, unknown to the company, removing the tyres.
If you have any information about the incident, contact De Bruyn at 076 620 4583.
