Suspect arrested after truck hijacking
GAUTENG – Afrisist control alerted Reaper Tactical officers about a truck that was off route in the Katlehong area whereby the client noticed 3 males inside the cab who were not authorised to be inside the truck. RU003 & UC001 responded to the given location, upon responding tamper alerts were received. Upon arrival we found the truck with both doors standing open. Two suspects jumped off the back of the trailer and fled into the adjacent veld.
Another suspect who was tampering with the air lines was caught red handed off hooking the trailer from the horse. The driver was no where to be found. A few minutes later we received information that the driver had been hijacked and was picked up by a sector vehicle in the Zonkizizwe area. The suspect was immediately arrested. The horse, trailer and high value load was successfully recovered. The suspect was handed over to Katlehong SAPS for processing.