A Task Team comprising detectives from the Provincial, District, and Station levels has been established to trace a group of unknown suspects after a man was shot and critically injured and fuel worth millions of Rands was stolen during a robbery that took place at a Louis Trichardt diesel depot situated in the industrial area of the town on Saturday, 07 May 2022 at about 19:00.
It is alleged that the manager of the depot, which sells diesel in bulk, opened the gate for a truck that entered the premises under the pretense of buying diesel. Suddenly, the occupants jumped out armed with firearms and took the remote control and cell phones from the manager. In the process, the manager was also robbed of an amount of cash.
The perpetrators then forced him to another room and locked him in. The other four employees were robbed of cell phones, tied up with cable ties, and locked in separate rooms.
During the robbery, a company driver who was sitting in a truck parked at the premises was shot and seriously injured. The suspects then came in driving six trucks and filled them up with diesel worth R5, 5 million before they drove off.
Police were called and on arrival at the scene, they found the injured managed 43. He was taken to the hospital.
Preliminary police investigations revealed that the registration plate fitted onto one of the trucks belonged to a Volvo sedan in Gauteng province.
The Provincial Commissioner of Police in Limpopo Lieutenant General Thembi Hadebe has instructed the members of this Team to hunt down the suspects involved and bring them to book.
Anyone with information is requested to contact Lieutenant Colonel Richard Boshomane on 0798945501 or call the toll-free number 08600 10111 or may contact the nearest police station.
Police investigations are continuing.