FOLLOW THESE BASIC PROTOCOLS
Do not respond to Facebook or other social media adverts selling goods in unsafe or unknown areas.
When stopped by any person(s) appearing to represent SAPS or Metro Police, activate your cellular phone tracking and alert a family member or CPF or private security member before stopping. Your whereabouts can then be traced. Practice this procedure with your family members. Start today!
Hide your cellular phone under your seat or an inaccessible part of the vehicle. It is the first item attempted robbers will seek to retrieve.
If you are concerned about your safety drive to the closest SAPS police station following the Blue Light Protocol.
Ensure location tracking is enabled on your cellular phone and that a trusted person has access to your online tracking facility (Google or proprietary). Do this now!
If financially possible, install trackers in your vehicle to allow tracking companies to trace your vehicle.
If hijacked or kidnapped, do whatever is necessary to remain alive. Do not offer any resistance when pointed with a firearm or held captive.
Here are the top four hijacking hotspots in Tshwane
Most of the hijackings happened in these areas:
Hotspots: Number of vehicles hijacked between October 2023 and December 2023:
Loate Tshwane District 67
Mamelodi East 60
Olievenhoutbosch 53
Pretoria West 49
The Tshwane Metro Police Department (TMPD) previously identified the following hijacking hotspots around Pretoria:
• All traffic lights along Roger Dyson/Eeufees Road
• Atterbury Road off-ramp from the N1 in Menlyn
• Lynnwood Road off-ramp from the N1
• John Vorster Drive off-ramp from the N1 in Lyttelton
• Jean Avenue off-ramp from the R28 in Centurion
• Rigel Avenue off-ramp from the N1 in Erasmuskloof
• Corner of University Road and Lynnwood Road in Hatfield
• Traffic lights along Walker Street in Sunnyside
• The intersection of Lynnwood Road and Hans Strijdom Drive in Garsfontein
• The traffic lights along Nelson Mandela Drive in Sunnyside
• The traffic lights along Simon Vermooten Road in Silverton
• Along Beyers Naude Drive
• Paul Kruger Street in Wonderboompoort
• Nelson Mandela Drive, Duncan Street and Walker Street in Sunnyside
• The R55 in Erasmia
• E’skia Mphahlele Drive near Marabastad
• Burnett Street, Hilda Street and the Atterbury Road off-ramp in the Brooklyn area
• Delfi Avenue and Garsfontein Road in Garsfontein.
Online Social Media Markets
BRONKHORSTSPRUIT SAPS
Media Statement from the office of the Station Commander Colonel Maqhawe Simon Dhladhla
2024-02-26
Attempted murder, kidnapping, and Armed Robbery
It is alleged that on Saturday, 24th February, 2024, the victim reacted to an advert on Facebook marketplace to buy a Bobcat Caterpillar.
They were provided with a pin drop. On their arrival, the complainant phoned the seller, and he was told to wait there someone will come and fetch them.
Later on, plus-minus 10 suspects arrived at the scene and pointed victims with firearms and demanded the cash. The victims replied that they did not have cash with them. The complainant was arguing with one of the suspects and was shot in the head.
Both victims were taken into the bush where they were searched and their property taken. They were robbed of their cellphones, and suspects took their bank cards and demanded the pin codes.
The victims were kept hostage for plus-minus 6 hours.
Suspects took the witness to their vehicle and instructed him to take the person who was shot to the hospital.
The witness could not find the hospital in the area and decided to drive to Bronkhorstspruit hospital.
The victim was released from the hospital on Sunday, 2024-02-25.
Colonel Dhladhla would like to warn community members to refrain from looking for bargains on social media platforms more especially in areas of Loate and Winterveld as they might end up being victims of crime. Those who shop online ought to exercise caution and limit their purchases to reliable websites or apps.
The groups who specialize in these frauds entice social media users to make purchases via Facebook’s Marketplace, an e-commerce platform where products and services are offered for sale.
Compiled by Constable Munyadziwa Cathrine Ramovha
Corporate Communication
Bronkhorstspruit SAPS
0827779272
Hijacking
A Johannesburg doctor has been hijacked on the N3 near Voosloorus. He is missing. He was en-route from Newcastle to JHB.
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Hijacking
The doctor, Dr Jameel Desai, was found in a maize field after midnight and his car is missing.
He was stopped by five men driving a white double cab with blue lights – three in police uniform.
Two men held him captive while others went to an ATM.
They also hijacked a family on the same road and took them captive. The victim (driver) was stabbed.
The family has also been found.
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