Five 'construction mafia' members arrested for intimidation at building site

25 August 2024 - 15:02
By TIMESLIVE
Five men were arrested near Pietermaritzburg for allegedly intimidating and disturbing a construction site. Stock photo.
Image: 123RF/hxdbzxy Five men were arrested near Pietermaritzburg for allegedly intimidating and disturbing a construction site. Stock photo.

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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