Free State police arrest five people, recover truck with cargo valued at R2m

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More arrests are expected and the police will continue with the investigation.

The Free State police have arrested five people after they were tipped off about a suspected stolen truck on the N8 near Thaba Nchu in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

Three more suspects, who were escorting the truck in a white BMW X5 were also apprehended and the vehicle was as confiscated. Following an investigation into the matter, a dispatcher at the depot was also arrested, bringing the total of suspects to five.

 

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