By BAKANG MOKOTO
10 July 2025- A coordinated effort by the Northern Cape Tracking Team has led to the successful arrest of a wanted murder suspect (64) in Mossel Bay on 9 July 2025. The police said Sergeants Cedric Nelson and Given Mokoena, with the support of Da Gamaskop SAPS, Mossel Bay SAPS and the Western Cape Sea Border Unit, acted on information regarding the whereabouts of a suspect.
The Northern Cape police spokesperson, Sergeant Timothy Sam said the suspect was wanted for the brutal murder of his sister, which occurred in Kimberley in 2020. Sam said the suspect was traced and apprehended in Heiderand, Mossel Bay.
“He is expected to appear in the Kimberley Magistrate’s Court soon,” he said.
Meanwhile, the Northern Cape Police Commissioner, Lieutenant General Koliswa Otola, commended the successful outcome of the inter-provincial partnership that led to the apprehension of the wanted suspect, who has been evading law enforcement.
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