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A 32-year-old man was arrested by members of the Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department (EMPD), while driving a stolen Ford Ranger Wildtrak double cab vehicle.
EMPD spokesperson, Lieutenant Colonel Kelebogile Thepa said the 32-year-old insisted he was only taking the vehicle to a car wash.
“On Wednesday, 11 January, 2023, at 17h30 in Tsakane area, the Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department Tsakane precinct officers, apprehended a suspect and the reported stolen light delivery vehicle (LDV), was uncovered,” Thepa said.
“While patrolling the streets of Tsakane, EMPD officers received information about a stolen double cab, detected driving around the area. The Ford Ranger double cab, reported stolen in Actonville recently, was spotted on Mohlare Street at extension 8, with one occupant before it was stopped, and the driver cornered.”
“The 32-year-old male driver alleged that he was requested by some guys to take the light delivery vehicle to the nearest car wash.”
The arrest comes after another 36-year-old man was sentenced to 19 years imprisonment in December last year for stealing six Ford Ranger bakkies in Limpopo province.
The vehicles were intercepted from crossing the Limpopo River into Zimbabwe.
Tsununu Ahmad Maphosa was convicted and sentenced in the Musina Regional Court for burglary at business premises and theft of the motor vehicles.
Source IOL
