The Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department (EMPD) has recovered a stolen Suzuki Celerio hatchback after it was abandoned on the side of the road in Boksburg.
Spokesperson for the EMPD, Lieutenant Colonel Kelebogile Thepa, said no arrests were made at the scene, but further investigations are under way “and the perpetrators will be captured soon”.
“On Tuesday, August 8, 2023, at around 12 (midday), the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police’s special ops unit recovered a reported stolen motor vehicle on Jones Road around Jet Park, in the Boksburg area,” Thepa narrated.
“EMPD officers received information regarding a reported stolen vehicle, identified as being in motion in the Boksburg area. Following up on the information, the officers were led to Jones Road in Jet Park, where they found a silver Suzuki hatchback abandoned on the side of the roadway.
“All necessary role players were summoned to the scene, and the vehicle was taken to the Aeroton police yard in Johannesburg for safekeeping,” said Thepa.
Last week, police in Ekurhuleni recovered a white Toyota Hilux double cab vehicle that was hijacked from its owner before the owner was kidnapped and later dumped along the N3 highway.
A tracking device on the Toyota Hilux led police to a house owned by a 60-year-old woman, who resides at the house, but she was not sure how the stolen vehicle ended up in her yard.
Thepa said the vehicle was recovered on Wednesday morning in the Kwa-Thema area.
“While performing their normal duties, officers received a tip-off from a vehicle tracking company regarding the location of a reported hijacked vehicle, a white Toyota Hilux bakkie,” she said.
The information was followed up, and the officers were led to a yard in the Kwa-Thema area, where a vehicle matching the description of the hijacked vehicle, was found.
“The owner of the house, an elderly female aged 60-years-old, alleged that she assumed the vehicle might have been dropped by one of the grandchildren. The grandchildren were nowhere to be found,” Thepa said.
The EMPD said the vehicle was hijacked from an “African male owner”, in the Tsakane area, and his cellphone was also stolen by the hijackers.
“Furthermore, the owner was kidnapped with the vehicle and later dumped on the N3 highway. The owner opened a case docket at the Zonkezizwe police station, and an investigation was initiated,” said Thepa.
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