Limpopo police rearrest 3 dangerous escapees
Updated | By Martine van der Walt Ehlers
Police in Limpopo have rearrested three of four suspects who escaped from a police vehicle on Wednesday.
The four men were supposed to appear in the Mokopane Regional Court on Friday in connection with several cases of armed robberies along the N1 in the Bela-Bela, Modimolle, Mookgopong and Mokopane areas.
They escaped from a police van whilst being transported from the Polokwane Correctional Centre.
The suspects were rearrested following two separate hijackings that took place along the N1 on Thursday and Friday.
"On Thursday, four suspects fitting the description of the ones who earlier escaped from a police van along the R101, south of Polokwane, allegedly hijacked a truck and later abandoned it at Ysterberg on the N1," says provincial police spokesperson Motlafelo Mojapelo.
"The same suspects allegedly hijacked another truck on Friday at the Nyl Plaza toll gate and drove it towards Modimolle, with the victims inside.
"The truck hit one of the barricades at Kranskop tollgate and the suspects jumped off and fled into the bushes.
"Following a search operation involving members of the Limpopo Highway Patrol, South African Police Service Airwing, several SAPS Units, and community members, the fleeing suspects were apprehended.
"One of the escapees allegedly shot at the police when he was spotted.
"Police returned fire and when searching the area, the suspect was found injured and he was immediately arrested.
"The other two suspects were arrested in the vicinity.”
The fourth suspect is still at large.
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