Lentswe, Klerksdorp - A Klerksdorp fugitive who has been on the run from the law since 2019, was hunted down in Mpumalanga. Ironically Tebogo Mahlangu was attending court in Witbank on Friday April 11 on another case of robbery with aggravating circumstances when he was arrested for escaping from Klerksdorp.
At the time of his escape, Mahlangu was awaiting trial and incarcerated when he managed to get hold of a police officer’s firearm during a transfer from court. He and four accomplices involved in the 2015 robbery of diamond gravel near Wolmaransstad, escaped.
According to WO Amogelang Malwetse, spokesperson for the Hawks, the five of them was arrested on charged of armed robbery, attempted murder and theft of a motor vehicle and have appeared in court several times before the daring escape.
The co-accused were all re-arrested but Mahlangu kept on evading the police.
Until he was traced to Witbank where he was also accused of crimes. Malwetse said that several cases have since been linked to Mahlangu over the years.
He is expected to appear in Klerksdorp court on May 8 where all the cases will be consolidated.
