When the driver of the suspicious vehicle transporting the load became aware of the presence of the police members, he tried to flee and evade an arrest.
Eventually he lost control, which resulted in the vehicle ending up in a ditch next to the road,” he said.
Police have urged anyone with information that can lead to the arrest and successful prosecution of the suspect to contact Crime Stop on 08600 10111. Swartbooi said that at about 9.20am, a woman was hijacked at gunpoint by the unknown suspects, who forced her out of her vehicle, a Toyota Fortuner. The suspects fled the scene in the woman’s vehicle.The driver ignored the officers’ instructions to stop and knocked into other vehicles during the chase. Officers fired numerous shots at the hijacked vehicle.
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