{"id":101152,"date":"2019-08-30T12:20:29","date_gmt":"2019-08-30T10:20:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=101152"},"modified":"2019-09-02T15:06:47","modified_gmt":"2019-09-02T13:06:47","slug":"high-speed-chase-remote-jammers-emalahleni-leads-civilian-arrest-near-middelburg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2019\/08\/30\/high-speed-chase-remote-jammers-emalahleni-leads-civilian-arrest-near-middelburg\/","title":{"rendered":"High speed chase of remote jammers in eMalahleni leads to civilian arrest near Middelburg"},"content":{"rendered":"

Maureen Scheepers of SACCW said that she was filling petrol at a filling station in Mandela Street eMalahleni when she spotted a car that matched the description of a suspicious vehicle.
\nThe vehicle has been suspected of being involved in remote jamming incidents in eMalahleni after being spotted on several occasions where theft out of motor vehicles occurred.<\/p>\n

Ms Scheepers said that she spotted the car around 07:20 which correlated with the time when the thefts occurred.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThey targeted victims on their way to work, who were usually in a hurry,\u201d Ms Scheepers said.<\/p>\n

She called in the number plate and got confirmation that it is the car they have been looking for.<\/p>\n

Ms Scheepers said that she followed the car from a distance, but that somewhere along the line they realised that they were being followed and started speeding.<\/p>\n

Also read: Police intercept wanted suspects<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

She called in for backup whilst still following the vehicle, who was travelling in the direction of the R555 (Old Middelburg\/Witbank Road). Other members of SACCW started following the car so Ms Scheepers could fall back, hoping that the car will reduce speed.<\/p>\n

The Witbank police called for backup from the Middelburg police whilst SACCW alerted the Middelburg Community Policing forum about the car.
\nAt the train bridge on the R555, the Audi opted to take a dirt road turn off. It was boxed in by SACCW members shortly thereafter.<\/p>\n

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A photo of the vehicle the suspects fled in.
Photo: supplied.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

SACCW member Rassie van der Lith stopped the passenger of the car from fleeing whilst Frik van Dyk caught up with the driver of the car after he fled into the veld.
\nThey then waited for the Witbank police to hand over the suspects.<\/p>\n

Upon searching the vehicle, police discovered three remote jamming devices, and suspected stolen property including a wallet and two cellphones.<\/p>\n

Ms Scheepers realised that the vehicle\u2019s registration number and VIN number on the licence disc did not match the number on the engine.
\nWhen the engine\u2019s VIN number was tested, it was linked to a car that was hijacked in Pretoria in February.<\/p>\n

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An alert member of SA Community Crime Watch (SACCW) Witbank, swift action and brilliant teamwork lead to the arrest of two men suspected to be involved in remote jamming. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8164,"featured_media":101154,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Jana Boshoff","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[20437,9,20439,10010,20435,20433,20438,10333,20436,20434],"class_list":["post-101152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-community-apprehends-wanted-suspects-on-r555","tag-local-crime-news","tag-crime-reporting","tag-local-news","tag-maureen-scheepers","tag-middelburg-ne2ws","tag-saccw-apprehends-wanted-suspects-on-r555","tag-trusted-news","tag-wanted-suspects-apprehended-in-blue-audi","tag-wanted-suspects-caught-by-saccw"],"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["community apprehends wanted suspects on R555","Crime","crime reporting","local news","Maureen Scheepers","middelburg ne2ws","SACCW apprehends wanted suspects on R555","trusted news","wanted suspects apprehended in blue audi","wanted suspects caught by SACCW"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8164"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101152"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101152\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}