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Hijacking and vehicle theft mastermind arrested

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A mastermind behind the theft of vehicles and hijack of trucks was arrested yesterday, 14 April 2021 in the area of Mission, Lower Chulunca A/A Qumbu.

The 31-year-old male suspect was arrested by Tactical Response Team deployed at Qumbu assisted by Crime Scene Investigation (CSI) and Vehicle Crime Investigation Unit (VCIU) and Qumbu detectives while they were executing search warrants for unlicensed firearms.

The search warrant was executed and the following were recovered and the following were found in his possession:
1 x 9mm Pistol serial number erased.
16 x 9mm pistol live cartridges.
13 x Baby brown live cartridges
9 x R5 Rifle live cartridges.

The information led the team to where suspect used to hide stolen property, a homestead where his older brother stays and found the following:
2 x car engines – VW Polo engine with engine number HM1977868 circulated and transpired that it was reported stolen at Qumbu case on 12 Feb 2021. An Audi engine with engine number AGU 102498 with no records.
Gear box with different vehicle parts including wiring and Polo dashboard
5 x 2Vent side light aluminium.
2 x Patio sliding doors
2 x Aluminium doors
7 x Different types of tyres.

The aluminium property is suspected to be from a robbery of a truck that was fully loaded with aluminium property on 05 Dec 2020 and reported at Qumbu as a case of attempted murder and hijacking of a truck.

The suspect is also linked to N2 near Tsolo junction for murder and car hijacking inTsolo earlier in April 2021.

The suspect will appear in the Qumbu magistrates’ court soon. All the firearms will be taken to a ballistic test to ascertain earlier use in the commission of a crime.

Eastern Cape Provincial Commissioner Lt Gen Liziwe Ntshinga welcomed the arrest. “Continue to work in teams and all valuable information obtained from the community must be put to good use,” she urged.

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