Two suspects will appear in the Mthatha Magistrate's Court on Monday for a charge of stock theft after they were found with 11 slaughtered sheep.
Police spokesperson captain Dineo Koena said the two men, aged 22 and 24, were arrested by the Mthatha Stock Theft Unit and Flying Squad at Nduli Crescent in Fortgale on Sunday morning.
The acting cluster commander Brigadier Nomawethu Makonza commended the team, saying: “Let’s keep on fighting stock theft in our area and protect the livelihood of our community."
In another stock theft case, King William's Town police arrested a suspect who had been on the run for a stock theft charge.Police spokesperson Captain Siphokazi Mawisa said the 32-year-old man was arrested at his home at Ndakana village.
She said upon his arrest, police discovered that the suspect was also wanted on a separate charge of robbery with a firearm, as well a contravention of a protection order...