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Bakkie driver could not pull wool over eyes of Free State highway patrol

Four arrested for transporting 'stolen' sheep

04 November 2020 - 14:06 By iavan pijoos
Iavan Pijoos Journalist
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Twelve sheep were found in the bakkie. Stock photo.
Twelve sheep were found in the bakkie. Stock photo.
Image: 123RF/Roman Nedoshkovskiy

Twelve allegedly stolen sheep were found loaded on the back of a bakkie on the N3 just outside Harrismith in the early hours of Wednesday.

Free State police spokesperson Brig Motantsi Makhele said members of the highway patrol stopped the bakkie at about 3.30am.

Makhele said the vehicle had no back lights, no number plates or licence disc.

Makhele said three men, aged 34, 45 and 46, and one woman, 34, were on their way to QwaQwa.

The sheep were valued at R23,000. 

Police said the highway patrol stopped the bakkie which had no registration plates. Twelve allegedly stolen sheep were found in the back of the vehicle.
Police said the highway patrol stopped the bakkie which had no registration plates. Twelve allegedly stolen sheep were found in the back of the vehicle.
Image: Facebook/Intelligence Bureau SA

The four were arrested and are expected to appear in the Vrede magistrate's court on Thursday.

They face a charge of possession of suspected stolen property.

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