More than 70 stolen television sets have been seized by police, after officers made a breakthrough against a gang using vehicles fitted with blue lights to carry out truck hijackings.
After arresting two people linked to the truck hijacking gang on Monday, police said in a statement they were confident that four other suspects would be arrested soon.
The television sets, with screens ranging from 40cm to 126cm, were recovered at a business plot in Glen Austin at midday on Monday.
Police were led to the plot after a truck was intercepted by the Johannesburg Metro Police at Glen Austin. The vehicle had been hijacked in the Kempton Park area.
This plot in Midrand was truck hijack gang's depot for stolen TVs
Image: Saps
More than 70 stolen television sets have been seized by police, after officers made a breakthrough against a gang using vehicles fitted with blue lights to carry out truck hijackings.
After arresting two people linked to the truck hijacking gang on Monday, police said in a statement they were confident that four other suspects would be arrested soon.
The television sets, with screens ranging from 40cm to 126cm, were recovered at a business plot in Glen Austin at midday on Monday.
Police were led to the plot after a truck was intercepted by the Johannesburg Metro Police at Glen Austin. The vehicle had been hijacked in the Kempton Park area.
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