RUSTENBURG HERALD - Ga-Rankuwa - Two friends who have been terrorising residents of the community in Hebron have appeared in the Ga-Rankuwa Magistrates’ Court on Monday, 12 February on charges of a string of cases against them.
The suspects were arrested on Thursday, 8 February, at Phase 3, Itsoseng after Hebron detectives and the unit Visible Policing acted on a tip-off from the public.
Subsequent to the arrest, the police searched the room where the suspects were found sleeping and discovered a 9 mm pistol, 10 rounds of ammunition, cell phones, a plasma television and assorted bottles of liquor.
The suspects, aged, 38 and 40, were positively linked with two cases of murder, three of attempted murder, another two of house robbery as well as armed robbery allegedly committed in Moeka Vuma.
The crimes were allegedly committed between September 2023 and February 2024 in the policing precincts of Moeka Vuma and Hebron.
The North West Provincial Police Commissioner, Lieutenant General Sello Kwena, congratulated members of the community for working together with the police in making sure that the suspects were arrested.
The Provincial Commissioner pleaded with the parents to stop protecting criminals and living with stolen property in their homes, but to alert the police. He also thanked Hebron detectives and Visible Policing for their swift response to ensure that the two suspects are brought to book.
