Several hundred 10 kg bags of Snowflake wheat flour that was looted from a truck earlier today were recovered by Reaction Officers and Police Officers in Parkgate – KZN.
The Reaction Unit South Africa (RUSA) Operations Centre received a call for assistance after hundreds of residents surrounded an articulated truck on an unnamed road and began looting the load. The driver is from Johannesburg – Gauteng and took a wrong turn which ended in a cul-de-sac. Reaction Officers and the Verulam SAPS were immediately dispatched and arrived on scene at approximately 13:28.
Members of the community, which included elderly women and children as young as 5 years old, were seen fleeing with the stolen goods. Several vehicles loaded with bags of the wheat flour sped off on arrival of First Responders. They were pursued and intercepted. Several hundred bags were recovered. A Pakistani National was injured when he fell into a ravine while fleeing approaching RUSA Officers on foot. Twenty three (23) bags of wheat flour was recovered in his abandoned vehicle.
Police Officers & Reaction Officers stabilised the scene and escorted the truck out of the area.
Looted wheat flour recovered in Parkgate https://t.co/I2ioXLBRmI#ArriveAlive #Looting #Recovery @ReactionUnitSA @TruckAndFreight pic.twitter.com/oQNM7GZPid
– Arrive Alive (@_ArriveAlive) November 3, 2023
Law Enforcement was dispatched to the scene after receiving reports that the community was looting a truck loaded with 10kg bags of Snowflake wheat flour after the driver took a wrong turn. https://t.co/UUVj4r57Ki #ArriveAlive #Looting #Crime #GoodsInTransit pic.twitter.com/4Ad0WMUOWC
– Arrive Alive (@_ArriveAlive) November 3, 2023
