Hawks in Gauteng have arrested three men aged 26, 31 and 35 for allegedly tampering with the Transnet fuel pipeline in Bronkhorstpruit on Saturday evening. Spokesperson Colonel Katlego Mogale says the suspects were arrested in Bronkhorstspruit on Saturday as they were trying to steal fuel. He says the Hawks received information and responded swiftly to […]
Rieks Towing Durban branch manager, Johan Kriek has been brutally murdered during a house robbery in Westville North home in Durban on Tuesday morning. Paramedic, Garrith Jamieson says they were called to the property on Rodger Sishi Road just after 05h00. “On arrival, paramedics found three occupants of the house who had sustained various injuries.
Free State police have arrested a 32-year-old Botshabelo businessman after finding him in possession of frozen chicken stolen from a hijacked truck. The truck was transporting frozen chicken worth an estimated R270 000 when it was allegedly hijacked. It had been hijacked on Tuesday around near Bloemfontein. “The Serious Organised Crime Investigation unit received information
There are thieves all around us that’s certain, but to know that some of the thieves are actually truck drivers is disheartening. Not sure if at all they should be called truck drivers because that’s not what is expected of a professional trucker. This one here took a chance and stole a dipstick and the
A hijacked truck was recovered in Clairwood, Durban last night after suspects had tied the driver up and stole the truck and trailer. After receiving information of the hijacking, the owner of the truck contacted his tracker company who traced the truck to Clairwood. The truck was abandoned in Clairwood but the trailer was nowhere
Three suspected truck hijackers have been arrested after they were caught offloading washing powder from a truck in Katlehong on Friday morning. The truck had been hijacked last night. Katlehong Crime Prevention officers pounced on the suspects after receiving information from the owner about the whereabouts of the truck. On arrival, the police found three
A small business owner has taken a massive blow as a result of a looting and petrol bombing incident in Mfuleni. Brandon Pillay runs his own small removal and moving business and has done so for the past eight years. On Saturday 18 July, Pillay was helping his brother move and was driving past Mfuleni
A Cape Town truck driver has shared his ordeal at the hands of a trigger-happy robber in Dunoon on Monday afternoon. The trucker was driving on Potsdam road when he stopped at the robot. “Out of nowhere a man appeared on my door and pointing a gun at me, he tried to open the door.
Gauteng police foiled a planned business robbery targeting DSV distribution centre in Jet Park, Boksburg on Tuesday night, Boksburg following a shoot out with the suspects. Together with private security, the police worked on the operation on Tuesday night, where they kept observation and subsequently spotted the suspects’ vehicles whereafter a shoot-out ensued … A
With unemployment figures going up every day fuelled by, among other factors, retrenchments rocking the trucking industry, competition for the available few truck driving jobs get stiffer. It has been alleged that in some trucking companies you will not get a job if you don’t pay your way in, and that information is shared in
