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Media Statement POTCHEFSTROOM – Collaboration between Ventersdorp police, Rustenburg K9 Unit and a security company led police to a farm in Ventersdorp on Friday, 28 March 2025, where police discovered numerous truck trailers, vehicle parts, heavy duty machinery, fork lifts, signal jammers and copper plates, believed to be stolen and estimated to the value of R10 million. Initial police investigations indicated that a truck, loaded with R6 million worth of copper plates, was allegedly hi-jacked in Kwa-Zulu Natal in Escort a few days prior to this discovery. The truck was on the way to Durban harbour as the copper were earmarked to be exported and being monitored by the security company. The truck trailer was connected to another truck (horse) and the initial horse that was also hi-jacked was found abandoned next to the road shortly after the hijacking. Upon pouncing on the farm, some of the copper plates were already off loaded from the hi-jacked trailer and in the process of being cut into smaller pieces by heavy duty machinery. The police during their search of the farm discovered five more trailers that were hi-jacked in Alberton, Vosloorus and Soweto in Gauteng. Four suspects, all males between the ages of 20 and 50 were arrested. They will appear before the Ventersdorp Magistrates’ Court for possession of suspected stolen property. The case will be investigated by the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI). The possibility of unearthing more cases against the accused cannot be ruled out. The Acting Provincial Police Commissioner, Major General Patrick Asaneng lauded the collaboration between the police and the security company that led to the success. He emphasized that police cannot solve crime without the active participation of members of community, who are the eyes and ears of the police, in the fight against crime. Ends
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