A police officer in the Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department (EMPD) and an accomplice were arrested minutes after hijacking a truck on the N12 highway in Boksburg.
PRETORIA – A police officer in the Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department and an accomplice were arrested minutes after hijacking a truck on the N12 highway in Boksburg. “The men had allegedly just hijacked a truck carrying surgical masks when the police pounced. When the suspects saw the police they sped off in a white VW Polo which was later involved in an accident.
The Ekurhuleni municipal council's member of the mayoral committee for community safety Frans Moko said the law must take its course and condemned acts of crime by EMPD officers. "Our people need policemen and women who uphold the law to protect them and ensure law and order in the city.” Last October, the South African Police Service in Gauteng arrested three truck hijackers, three illegal dental surgery practitioners, three police officers, and seized 14 unlicensed firearms in a blitz.
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