The vehicle was pulled from the Hennops River in Centurion on Thursday afternoon, over two hours after it was first spotted submerged. This follows the earlier discovery of the bodies of constables Cebekhulu Linda, 24, Boipelo Senoge, 24, and Keamogetswe Buys, 30, in the same river just days before.

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A heavy-duty tow truck was used to lift the wrecked vehicle from the water. National police commissioner General Fannie Masemola and Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi were present at the scene.

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By. Steven Van Vollenhoven

SAPS confirms that vehicle parts including a front and rear vehicle bumper have been found by the search and rescue teams working on this operation: said Brigadier Athlenda Mathe.

All three families have been notified of this latest development.

Brigadier Athlenda Mathe said the experts are trying to establish if these vehicle parts are linked to the VW polo that the three police officers were travelling in. A police reflector jacket belonging to one of the deceased police officers has also been found. SAPS divers, City of Tshwane divers and EMS, SAPS Special Task Force (STF) divers, Search and Rescue South Africa,have located a metal object that they suspect may be the missing vehicle. This metal object was felt by divers 4km from the N1. There is no confirmation as yet as this metal object is covered by debris.

SAPS Crime Intelligence, the cyber crime unit, detectives, Lyttleton Community Police Forum (CPF) Traffic, fidelity secure fire, vision tactical private security are also forming part of this operation.

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