POLOKWANE: Members of the Limpopo Highway Patrol Unit continue to intensify their crime fighting determination after they arrested three suspects in Motetema and Dennilton policing areas respectively. The suspects, aged between 25 and 28 were arrested on Friday 05 August 2022 for cases of burglary and fraud.
The members were on patrol duties in Motetema at about 11:45, when they operationalised information received from the Detectives about a wanted suspect of burglary in the area. The suspect was traced and was located at a certain car wash towards CS Barlow College. He was arrested on the spot.
Thirty minutes later at around 12:00, the members of Limpopo Highway Patrol (LHP) who were patrolling around Groblersdal, received information about a suspicious Toyota Corolla driving around the area. Members traced the said vehicle and it was spotted at Moteti village in Dennilton. The two suspects were approached and searched. Following preliminary investigations, the suspects were linked to two cases of fraud that occurred during August 2022 in Dennilton policing area.
The Provincial Commissioner of Police in Limpopo Lieutenant General Thembi Hadebe has commended the members for their dedication in ridding this Province of criminality.
The said vehicle will be subjected to further investigations to determine its ownership and if it is connected to any criminal activities. The suspects, aged between 25 and 28 will soon appear before the magistrate courts in Motetema and Dennilton respectively.
The Police investigations are still continuing.
