The recovered goods were handed back to the owners and the Isuzu truck was taken to the police pound.
Goods stolen from a truck that was hijacked on the R21 on Friday night, were recovered at two houses in Rhodesfield in Saturday morning.
The truck with two trailers laden with R2 million worth of stock comprising soap, toothpaste, toothbrushes, deodorants and shower gels en route to Botswana was hijacked by an unknown number of assailants on the R21 in the Irene area at 7pm. EMPD community liaison unit members, armed with information received from informants, tracked down some of the stolen cargo to two places in Rhodesfield.The first stolen goods were recovered at a house on Lightning Street where three suspects were apprehended. While processing the scene on Lighting Street, one of the three arrestees pointed out an Isuzu truck driving past as the vehicle used to offload the loot from the hijacked truck.
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