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Eight arrested for stolen stock
NOORWESTER – VENTERSDORP/KOSTER - The fight against crime in rural areas gained momentum after police arrested eight suspects in two separate incidents. In the first incident reported in the early hours of Friday, 19 July, information was received about a suspicious vehicle on the N14 road (between Ventersdorp and Carletonville).
Klerkskraal police, assisted by Potchefstroom Flying Squad managed to stop two taxi vehicles and arrested six suspects, aged between 23 and 45 after they could not account for 30 sheep and 18 goats found inside the two taxis. They appeared before the Ventersdorp Magistrates’ Court on Monday, 22 July, for being in possession of suspected stolen property.
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Illegal possession of firearm and pangolin carcass
NOORDWESTER – ZEERUST - Tomeletso Johnson Matebesi (27) who was already in custody for a separate case, was also charged on illegal possession of a firearm, as well as illegal possession of a pangolin carcass at Dinokana village, Zeerust on Monday, 22 July. The accused was arrested by the Mahikeng based Hawks Serious Organised Crime Investigation in collaboration with Zeerust K9 and Mahikeng Tactical Response Team (TRT), following information received about an illegal firearm that was reported to be at his residential place at Dinokana.
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Lichtenburg Mall fixes potholes
NOORDWESTER – LICHTENBURG - The potholes behind the Mall became so deep and big that driving became impossible. It has been in this terrible state for months and months.
As it is the dropping zone for deliveries, truck drivers could not deliver goods any longer. The management of Lichtenburg Mall realised that they needed to do something themselves to rectify the situation.
