| Limpopo highway patrol members arrest three suspects and recover seven firearms | |
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| Date Published | |
| 2020/08/05 | |
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Media Statement
POLOKWANE - Members of the Highway Patrol Unit in Limpopo have this morning arrested three suspects in connection with house robbery and rape incidents that took place in the early hours of this morning, 05 August 2020 on a farm under Mogwadi (Dendron) Policing area. This after they allegedly entered a farmhouse and badly assaulted an elderly farmer aged 62 and his wife aged 58. The suspects thereafter took the couple’s Navara bakkie, two rifles, and a Plasma TV. The woman was also allegedly raped. The said members were on duty when they received information about the suspects driving in a white Nissan Navara that was allegedly robbed during a farm attack incident. The vehicle matching the description given was then spotted along the Matlala road and the members tried to stop it, but it instead sped off, resulting in a chase. The members ended up managing to corner the suspects on the N1 road south of Polokwane and apprehended two of them. The third suspect fled on foot and was later shot and injured when he allegedly tried to shoot at the members. He was then taken to hospital where he was admitted under police guard. During the arrest, Police recovered the following items that were robbed from the farm: two riffles, a TV set, a two-way radio and White Nissan Navana. The suspects were also found in possession of five pistols. The Provincial Commissioner of Police in Limpopo Lieutenant General Nneke Ledwaba has commended members of the Highway Patrol for their relentless determination in pursuing and arresting these armed criminals and recovering illegal firearms. The suspects, aged between 28 and 38, will appear soon in Mogwadi Periodical Court on charges of house robbery and rape. They will also appear before Polokwane Magistrate's Court for Possession of unlicensed firearms and ammunition and possession of stolen properties.
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