A 29-year-old Mozambican man was arrested in Mpumalanga for possession of a hijacked Toyota Hilux GD-6 double cab vehicle, which was reported stolen in Gauteng.
Lieutenant Colonel Kelebogile Thepa, spokesperson for the Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department (EMPD), said that after being arrested, the 29-year-old driver indicated to police that he works with syndicates that smuggle Toyota Hilux bakkies from South Africa to Mozambique.
On Monday July 15, at 2pm, the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Departments community liaison unit and intervention unit officers intercepted a 29-year-old Mozambican male suspect for possession of a robbed/hijacked motor vehicle in the Delmas area, said Thepa.
EMPD officers while performing law enforcement duties, received intel from a well-known tracking company, about a white Toyota Hilux light delivery vehicle that was sought, with an Olifantsfontein case number.
The alert EMPD officers immediately initiated a lookout while following coordinate updates from the tracking device, which showed the vehicle moving on the N12 freeway in the direction of Emalahleni, in the Mpumalanga province.
