KNYSNA NEWS – Last Wednesday, 27 April, police officers of the Southern Cape Police Rural Flying Squad recovered a Volkswagen Golf 6 in Knysna which was stolen in KwaZulu-Natal last year.
According to Southern Cape police spokesperson Sgt Chris Spies, the vehicle was reported as stolen in Isipingo, KZN, in August 2021.
"Investigations took the police to a house in Concordia in Knysna where the Volkswagen Golf 6 was found. The members seized the motor vehicle. Those responsible are yet to be arrested," Spies said.
Elsewhere in the region
Rural Flying Squad members were not only busy curbing crime in Knysna, but also in George, where they arrested two suspects after copper cables were found in their possession.
"On Thursday 28 April, the members conducted vehicle patrols along the N2 highway near the turnoff to Victoria Bay outside George when they spotted two men acting suspiciously," Spies explained.
"The vigilant members approached the men and found 23,1kg of copper cables in their possession." The suspects were unable to account for the cable.
"Police confiscated the items and arrested both suspects, aged 33 and 34, on a charge of possession of suspected stolen property each. The pair is expected to appear in the George Magistrate's Court once charged."
The police management of the Western Cape lauded the members for their efforts in curbing the trafficking of stolen goods on the highways of this province.
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