Intelligence driven information led to the arrest of two suspects who are linked in the killing of two people who got stuck after running out of petrol in May 2019.
It is alleged that the deceased were waiting for help when they were attacked, robbed and brutally killed by unknown suspects and their vehicle was slightly burnt. The investigation team have been working tirelessly to bring the perpetrators to book.
On 18 June 2020 the police operationalized the intelligence information led by Provincial Organised Crime Unit: Serious and Violent Crime to Benoni where two suspects linked to the killing of the two people in Putfontein were arrested. During the arrest no firearms were recovered. The suspects will be profiled to establish if they are linked to other serious and violent crimes.
In another intelligence driven operation, on 18 June 2020, police followed up information of a wanted suspect widely known as Muchifefe and also known as Chivas who was seen driving a red Polo in Soshanguve. The vehicle was observed and spotted driving into a yard of a house in Soshanguve block M where the police arrested the suspect.
During the arrest, an R4 rifle, 149 plastic bags of Crystal Meth, live ammunitions of an AK47, 9mm magazines, a police hand radio and police uniforms were also recovered.
Meanwhile in Midrand, police arrested a former police reservist following information received that he was using police stamps from his house. During the operation, police uniforms and live ammunition were also seized.
All the arrested suspects will appear be appearing in various Magistrate’s Courts in Gauteng.
The Provincial Commissioner of Gauteng, Lieutenant General Elias Mawela commended the sterling work by the Gauteng police and urged the community to continue to work with the police to fight crime by calling Crime Stop on 08600 10111 or by submitting tip-offs via the My SAPS app. Tipsters can remain anomymous.