Law enforcement officials had great success in Lenasia this month.
According to the office of the Provincial Commissioner Gauteng: “Gauteng police recovered 29 either stolen or hijacked vehicles during O kea Molao operations, including body shells of 11 luxury vehicles found at one chop-shop in Lenasia, south of Johannesburg.
“Gauteng Police Commissioner, Lieutenant General Elias Mawela has yet again commended the significant successes emanating from the partnership between the SAPS in Gauteng and private stakeholders in addressing the high volumes of vehicle crime such as car hijackings and theft.”
The Commissioner said: “I have previously said that we need to sustain the momentum of these crackdown operations at panel beaters or chop shops towards ultimately choking the market for hijackings and theft of vehicles as this often comes with much violence against the victims.”
His office added: “This is against the backdrop of the multi-disciplinary Operation O Kae Molao on Thursday, 15 October 2020, where in one of the activations, police uncovered at a chop shop in Bushkoppies outside of Lenasia, body shells of: six stripped luxury vehicles confirmed as hijacked between August 2019 and July 2020 in different parts of Gauteng; four reported stolen vehicles plus a boat and trailer reported stolen in 2015 at Florida SAPS. Ten other vehicles had their VIN numbers tampered with and were therefore seized for investigation.
“The Provincial Vehicle Crime Investigating Unit has opened an inquiry for further investigation as no suspects have been arrested as yet. At this point, preliminary investigation has found that one of the stripped luxury vehicles had been towed away from an accident scene without the owner’s knowledge or consent.”
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