Cops probe after magistrate's drink allegedly spiked, car and phone stolen

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Cops probe after magistrate's drink allegedly spiked, car and phone stolen | PelaneM

Limpopo police are on the hunt for the person who spiked a local magistrate's drink and stole his car and cellphone in Polokwane last month.

The 44-year-old magistrate and a female companion he had met booked into accommodation on February 23, according to police. "The victim had a drink while they were inside one of the rooms and passed out. It is suspected the drink might have been spiked. He was awoken by the employees at around 07:00 and that's when he realised his cellphone and a motor vehicle, a BMW 3 series, were stolen. His companion had also disappeared," police spokesperson Maphure Manamela said.She said that the stolen vehicle was recovered a week later abandoned in Soshanguve, in the north of Pretoria.

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