Hijackers are no match for EL Flying Squad in crackdown

Police and thugs exchanged gunfire on Buffalo Pass in a weekend of mayhem in which four cars were hijacked.

Police arrested eight suspected carjackers.

Separately, as part of Operation Fiela 2, police in the King William’s Town cluster made a further 100 arrests on charges that ranged from robbery and assault to drug possession.

In one high-speed chase along the coastal R76, hijackers were brought to a halt near Kidds Beach.

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