Soon after a truck jacking was reported on Friday, 3 March 2023, SAPS Motherwell members followed a tracker activation and not only recovered the stolen items but also other goods suspected to be stolen.
It is alleged that on the mentioned date, at about 13:30 a delivery truck was hijacked by two men (one armed) at a complex in Ngonyama Street in NU1 in Ikamvelihle. The suspects drove the truck with the complainant and his passenger in the direction NU10 Motherwell. They dropped them off at a vandalised house in NU10. They later returned with the truck and handed them the empty truck and let them go.
The complainant drove to SAPS Ikamvelihle and reported the incident. Two cases of rum, four boxes of tobacco and two cellphones to the value of R17 000 were taken.
Immediately after the case was reported, SAPS Motherwell members picked up the tracker signal and recovered the stolen items as well as other suspected stolen goods in a house at Mpanda Street in NU10 in Motherwell.
There was no one at the house. More liquor, boxes of tea, boots, boxes of medicine, cartons’ of cigarettes, tobacco, 138 hot wheel toys, clothing and sun glasses were seized. Value of recovered items is unknown at this stage.
Police are urging residents not to turn a blind eye to suspicious activities taking place in their neighbourhoods instead, to report it to police who will immediately act on the information. These ‘tip offs’ could be anonymously reported to Crime Stop on 08600 10111 or to 10111 or any police station.