Scarborough body in boot murder: Police make breakthrough

Police also seized an unlicensed firearm with ammunition.

The arrest comes after police detectives and Crime Prevention members followed up on leads relating to the discovery of a man's body in the boot of a burnt out vehicle on May 8 in Ocean View.Police did not name the victim. SowetanLIVE's sister publication TimesLIVE reported on Friday that he is believed to be a resident of the Cape coastal village of Scarborough.Some residents took to social media to post warnings about a recent spate of incidents on Slangkop Road, the place where the victim's car had been found.

"There have also been numerous muggings of cyclists and pedestrians within a 1km stretch of Ocean View SAPS," said one post from the Simon's Town Community Group."Attackers usually single out individuals and have held up victims at gunpoint and knife-point."

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