KWAZULU-NATAL. – A 28-year-old suspect has been arrested in Westville after two vehicles believed to have been stolen were located at a property.
Police spokesperson, Lt. Col. Amanda van Wyk, says the suspect was arrested on Thursday after border police reaction teams and detectives attached to King Shaka International Airport received information and investigated the theft of a vehicle at the airport. The information led the team to an address in Westville, where the suspect was arrested. A Toyota and a BMW were confiscated during the operation.
The team also located a second vehicle that was positively linked to a theft case reported at Midrand police station in 2025. Further investigation revealed that fraudulent documentation had been submitted to a motor dealer to purchase the vehicle, according to Van Wyk.
The suspect is expected to appear before the Durban magistrate's court soon. The investigation is continuing to determine whether he may be linked to a vehicle theft syndicate.
This article is an automatic English translation of a Nuusflits article originally published in Afrikaans. Read the Afrikaans original.
