On Saturday, 27 December 2025, a detective from the Kariega #Stocktheft and Endangered Species Unit arrested four suspects, following an intensive investigation that began on Christmas Eve 24 December 2025.
The case started on Wednesday, December 24, 2025, after a suspicious taxi was spotted loading sheep at a farm in Glenconner, Wolwefontein. The farm owner was not present at the farm, and was contacted by the neighbour, who later opened a criminal case. The detective managed to track the vehicle to Nqweba via the R75 and obtained the suspects’ addresses from the cooperative taxi driver.
The investigating officer, Detective Warrant Officer Johan Jonck, worked over 40 consecutive hours, including Christmas Day, and managed to apprehend the four men-aged between 21 and 47-on Saturday morning, 27 December 2025. Police recovered four of the seven stolen sheep, along with two sheep heads and a carcass, which were returned to the owner.
The suspects are scheduled to appear in the Kariega Magistrate’s Court on Monday, 29 December 2025, to face charges under the Stocktheft Act 57 of 1959.
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