Two Johannesburg men have been arrested after being found in possession of stolen goods which had been hidden inside a hijacked truck, the Hawks said on Tuesday.
The Hawks nabbed two men who were found in possession of stolen goods hidden inside a truck on Tuesday.Two Johannesburg men have been arrested after being found withstolen goods hidden inside a hijacked truck, the Hawks said on Tuesday.Officials recovered goods worth R4m. Among the items were cellphones, laptops, thermometers, stoves, fridges and sweets, said police spokesperson Capt Ndivhuwo Mulamu.
“It is alleged that a logistics truck with cargo from OR Tambo International Airport en route to Kempton Park was hijacked on Saturday. The truck driver was allegedly threatened and forced off the road by armed suspects, who bundled him into a bakkie and later dumped him in Tembisa unharmed,” he said.
Mulamu said the suspects were traced and arrested at a house in Ormonde and further investigation led the team to a private storage facility in Pretoria North where other valuables were recovered. The two will appear in the Johannesburg magistrate’s court on Wednesday for possession of suspected stolen property.
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