Gauteng Traffic Wardens Saturation Task Team (NC), in collaboration with Tshenolo P.I, Titen Security, Max Tactical Security, and Squad Tracking, swiftly responded to a truck hijacking incident on the N14 Highway (Ventersdorp) heading towards Botswana. The truck, carrying cobalt, was reported hijacked, with the last coordinates indicating its location on […]
Tag: Truck Hijackings
Police foiled planned hijacking and recovered trucks with goods
Quick response by Police led to the recovery of liquor and two delivery trucks on Thursday, 06 June 2024 at Misty Mount outside Mthatha. Police were alerted about hijacking of two delivery trucks and security vehicle that were heading to Flagstaff yesterday at about 05:00. According to reports, nine armed […]
Goods trucks targeted in two separate hijackings in Pietermaritzburg
Mi7 National Group’s Strategic Threat Response Unit members were dispatched after reports of a hijacking incident. It is believed a driver delivering goods from a prominent online retailer was hijacked in the Grange area. The driver was shot during the incident and is recovering in hospital. It is believed the […]
Two suspects allegedly terrorising Marite community with truck hijackings on the R40 road traced and arrested
The Police in Calcutta made a measure breakthrough by arresting two suspects who are allegedly masterminds in the spate of truck jacking incidents carried out on the R40 Road, as well as other robberies previously committed in the area of Calcutta. The two suspects appeared at the Mkhuhlu Magistrate’s Court […]
Mokopane Police launch massive manhunt for truck hijacking suspects
Mokopane Police are investigating a truck-hijacking case that occurred along the N1 Mokopane to Pretoria highway on Saturday, 30 September 2023 at 12:00. Reportedly, the victim was with his co-driver; driving a company truck, a Shacman H3000, trailer loaded with copper on N1 Mokopane to Pretoria Highway when he was […]
Two Tshwane Metro Police Officers and an accomplice arrested from a truck hijacking syndicate operating on the R21
Gauteng -The Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department CLU unit apprehended Two Tshwane Metro Police Officers and an accomplice following a truck hijacking syndicate operating on the R21. The truck was spotted, stopped along the R21 by a grey BMW 3 series, which looked suspicious nothing like a police vehicle, fitted with […]
Bogus Gauteng Traffic Officers arrested after hijacking trucks
The Hawks’ Tactical Operations Management Section, Falcon Risk Solutions, Tracker Connect, Gauteng Traffic Police Saturation Unit, Gauteng Traffic Police Chopper and Insurance Crime Bureau executed an operation following reports of truck-hijackings in Gauteng. The multidisciplinary team’s meticulous investigation was hot on hills of the bogus Gauteng Traffic Officers who were […]
Police discover a cloned SAPS vehicle, possibly used in truck hijackings and arrest two suspects
On Tuesday, 27 February 2023, at around 13h00, members of Ekurhuleni District Crime Intelligence, Trio Task Team, Tembisa Tracing Team, and Highway Patrol Unit acted on a tip-off regarding a suspicious marked South African Police Service vehicle in Rabie Ridge area. Information was followed whereby a Mazda BT50 resembling SAPS […]
Police concerned about Truck and vehicle hijackings in the province
Truck drivers and motorists are all cautioned to be aware of hijacking incidences that are happening in the province. After Police received reports about motorists who were hijacked by hitchhikers in the province. Free State police are once more advising motorists to stop offering lifts to unknown people. This is […]
Kariega K9 unit recover stolen goods worth R8.5 million and recover hijacked trucks
During the past week, the SAPS K9 Unit in Kariega recovered stolen goods to the value of more than R8.5 million in two separate incidents. In both cases hijacked trucks were recovered in the Kariega area. In the first incident, on 26 April 2022 at about 10:00, a truck with […]