WESTERN CAPE. – Police arrested a man (46) this morning (Friday) at approximately 03:30 with a warrant at a property in Kensington, Cape Town, in connection with an investigation into text messages in which Western Cape Premier Alan Winde was allegedly threatened.
Col. André Traut, police spokesperson, says the complainant in the case received the messages on 17 October. The complainant was allegedly threatened in them that he would be shot. Detectives from the provincial murder and robbery unit worked with crime intelligence to identify and trace the suspect. Police seized a cellphone that is allegedly believed to have been used to send the messages.
The man is facing charges related to intimidation and contraventions of the Cyber Crimes Act. He is expected to appear in the Cape Town magistrate's court today.
This article is an automatic English translation of a Nuusflits article originally published in Afrikaans. Read the Afrikaans original.
