Hijacked vehicle recovered on the N4 traveling towards Nelspruit

Fidelity SIU Nelspruit received information from ROC of a suspected hijacked
Toyota Hilux on the N4 traveling towards Nelspruit. The team proceeded to the Nkomazi Tollgate.

The VRS team spotted the vehicle passing and informed the SIU team who were waiting for the vehicle together with SAPS Flying squad. The driver spotted the SIU and SAPS teams and immediately made a u-turn.

The suspect was driving at high speed trying to avoid being caught. He then abandoned the vehicle and ran towards a township. The teams searched the surrounding area but could not find the suspect.

The owner of the vehicle was on his way to Western Cape when he was hijacked and was not found until Thursday morning at the Grasmere tollgate. He was drugged and his bank accounts were emptied.