By Obakeng Maje
Vryburg-The fight against stock theft gained success when 3 male suspects aged 41, 31 and 30 were arrested at approximately 01:00 on Tuesday in Vryburg, says colonel Sabata Mokgwabone.  

The members were on routine crime prevention patrol when they noticed a suspicious vehicle in Vryburg.  

“The police allegedly followed it, but the driver ultimately increased the speed when he realised that police were following them” Mokgwabone said.

The police eventually stopped the vehicle, which was a hearse from a funeral parlour in Huhudi near Vryburg.

“Upon searching the hearse, the police found four slaughtered goat carcasses. The suspects were interviewed and that led police to Taung-Vryburg National road where the suspects dumped the skins and heads of one sheep and four goats on the grass along the road” he said. 

It was then established that the goats and a sheep were stolen and slaughtered in Tshoseng village near Pudimoe.

The meat and skins were confiscated by the police.

All three suspects will appear in Vryburg Magistrates’ Court on Thursday.-TDN
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