TimesLIVE reports that an on-duty Tshwane metro police constable and two accomplices were arrested in Mpumalanga for allegedly conspiring to hijack a truck.

The Middelburg flying squad foiled the planned hijacking on the N4 around Phola, near Ogies. “Flying squad members who were patrolling the area on Wednesday at about 2pm noticed a suspicious looking white Toyota Corolla fitted with Gauteng registration plates parked at a strategic position,” said Mpumalanga police spokesperson Brig Selvy Mohlala. When the police approached the vehicle, a man wearing a Tshwane metro police uniform carrying a side firearm alighted from the car and introduced himself as a constable from Tshwane metro. The driver, who was in civilian clothing and also armed with a handgun, alighted but could produce a permit to possess a firearm. The third occupant, also wearing a full Tshwane metro police uniform but without a firearm, denied that he was also a Tshwane metro cop and said he had been lent the uniform by his accomplice. It emerged that the vehicle had been hijacked in Daveyton. When the suspects were interviewed it became apparent that their aim was to hijack a truck. The trio were arrested and charged with possession of an unlicensed firearm and ammunition, possession of jamming network devices, possession of stolen motor vehicle and impersonating police officials. They were scheduled to appear in the Emalahleni Magistrate's Court on Thursday.

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