Three men are expected to appear in the KaBokweni and KaNyamazane Magistrates’ Courts in Mpumalanga on Monday, facing charges of possession of a stolen vehicle and an unlicensed firearm with ammunition.
They were arrested separately during a multidisciplinary police operation on Friday. The arrests followed tracing operations after an armed robbery at a fuel station near KaNyamazane on Friday morning.
Provincial police spokesperson Mavela Masondo says security officers were robbed of an undisclosed amount of cash during the incident.
“While searching around KaBokweni, the said vehicle, a red VW Polo with Mpumalanga registration number plates, was spotted and tactically intercepted with two occupants and an undisclosed amount of cash was found concealed in a plastic bag. There was something suspicious about the disc and the numbers of the vehicle. It is suspected that the vehicle could be the centre of a police investigation regarding a Brooklyn case which was registered in September 2022. The third suspect, though, was cornered on the same Friday at KaNyamazane after he was found in possession of an unlicensed firearm and ammunition.”
#sapsMP [THREE NABBED IN EHLANZENI, TWO WITH SUSPECTED STOLEN VEHICLE WHILST THE THIRD WITH AN UNLICENSED FIREARM]
Two male suspects, aged 29 and 38, were arrested on Friday, 06 November 2026 at about 16:45 in Kabokweni for possession of a suspected stolen motor vehicle. Meanwhile on the same Friday, a male suspect (41) was nabbed for possession of an unlicensed firearm with ammunition at Kanyamazane.
According to the report, members from the Provincial Anti-Hijacking Team (Ehlanzeni), Provincial Tracking Team, White River Dog Unit, Highway Patrol, CIT Team, POLSEC members from Divergent Ops Security and the STF Task Team were officially on duty performing tracking and tracing duties following an armed robbery incident in which security officers were robbed of an undisclosed amount of cash at a fuel station near Kanyamazane, outside Nelspruit on Friday, 06 November 2026 at around 07:00.
At about 15:00, information was received about a suspicious vehicle with suspects travelling from Bushbuckridge. The team was mobilised to operationalise the information and a lookout was conducted in that direction.
While searching around Kabokweni, the said vehicle, a red VW Polo with Mpumalanga registration number plates, was spotted and tactically intercepted with two occupants.
The vehicle was searched and an undisclosed amount of cash was found concealed in a plastic bag.
The vehicle was further checked and it was discovered that there was something suspicious about the disc and the numbers on the vehicle. It is suspected that the vehicle could be the centre of a police investigation regarding a Brooklyn case which was registered in September 2022.
The two suspects were charged for possession of a suspected stolen motor vehicle.
The third suspect though, was cornered on the same Friday, 06 November 2026, at Kanyamazane after he was found in possession of an unlicensed firearm with ammunition.
The arrested suspects are expected to appear at the Kabokweni Magistrate’s Court and Kanyamazane Magistrate’s Court respectively on Monday, 09 November 2026, facing the said charges.
The Provincial Commissioner of the SAPS in Mpumalanga, Lieutenant General Apaphia Modise, has commended members for the incredible work done in collaboration with POLSEC members and other stakeholders. #GunsOffTheStreets #TrioCrimes ML
https://t.co/8n4tEXuRsd— SA Police Service
(@SAPoliceService) November 7, 2026
Reporting by Michael Mdluli