A reported hijacked vehicle recovered at a car wash in the Kwa-Thema area

Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) Tsakane Precinct Officers, recovered a reported hijacked vehicle at a car wash, in the Kwa-Thema area.

Whilst on their daily patrols, Officers received a tip-off about a suspicious reported hijacked vehicle that was standing off at a car wash in Kwa-Thema. The Officers followed up on the information and located the vehicle a white Toyota Agya at a wash on the corner of Mehlomakhulu and Hoedkop Streets in White City.

When the officers enquired about the ownership of the vehicle, the employees of the car wash explained that the vehicle was dropped off by African males, who asked for the vehicle to be washed and they would come back for it. The officers conducted a vehicle enquiry check, and discovered it matched the description and reported hijacked.

The officers stood guard, hoping the vehicle would be collected, and no one came for the vehicle. Preliminarily reports discovered that the vehicle was hijacked from the owner the previous night, in the Soweto area.

The fingerprints were obtained, by the Local Criminal Record Centre (LCRC) as it was summoned, and the vehicle was taken to the Aeroton Police yard for further processing. No arrests have been made yet, but law enforcement will stop at nothing to bring the perpetrators to book.