Police arrested five men for alleged intimidation and disturbance at a construction site near Pietermaritzburg on Saturday.
KwaZulu-Natal police spokesperson Col Robert Netshiunda said members of the KwaZulu-Natal provincial reaction task team established to curb construction mafia responded to reports of a group of people who were disturbing activities at a site where a bridge is under construction.
“On arrival at the scene, police arrested the five suspects and they were duly charged for intimidation as well as the disturbance of a construction site.”
The five suspects, aged between 28 and 44, will appear in the Camperdown magistrate’s court on Monday.
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Five 'construction mafia' members arrested for intimidation at building site
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Police arrested five men for alleged intimidation and disturbance at a construction site near Pietermaritzburg on Saturday.
KwaZulu-Natal police spokesperson Col Robert Netshiunda said members of the KwaZulu-Natal provincial reaction task team established to curb construction mafia responded to reports of a group of people who were disturbing activities at a site where a bridge is under construction.
“On arrival at the scene, police arrested the five suspects and they were duly charged for intimidation as well as the disturbance of a construction site.”
The five suspects, aged between 28 and 44, will appear in the Camperdown magistrate’s court on Monday.
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