Police staff
held for theft of car parts
A SERIES of stolen vehicle parts
operations, all involving police officers and civilian employees in the police
and collectively worth about R3-million, have been smashed in the Eastern Cape
by the elite Hawks unit.
Fifteen SA Police Service employees,
who were arrested in separate sting operations at police garages in Port
Elizabeth, Queenstown, Bhisho and Mthatha on Tuesday, appeared in courts in
their areas yesterday and were granted bail.
It could not be established whether
all those arrested in connection with the theft of car parts from police
vehicles were part of a syndicate.
-Sikho
Ntshobane, Shaun Gillham, Gareth Wilson and Riaan Marais
