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Police bakkie set alight in Thulamahashe, Mpumalanga, on Saturday, 18 January.
COPS in Mhala arrest a man (31) who allegedly torched a police bakkie in Thulamahashe, Mpumalanga, on Saturday, 18 January.
Mpumalanga police spokeswoman Lieutenant-Colonel Jabu Ndubane said a police-marked Toyota Double Cab bakkie was set alight in daylight.
Ndubane said a police driver and crew were coming from a routine patrol at Thulamahashe Shopping Complex to the Mhala cop shop.
“On their arrival, they parked the motor vehicle outside the station gate, closed the windows, locked the doors, and entered the station.
“All of a sudden, they heard some noise about the said police bakkie being on fire,” said Ndubane.
Police in Mhala have arrested a man (31) who allegedly torched a police bakkie in Thulamahashe, Mpumalanga on Saturday, 18 January. Video Supplied. pic.twitter.com/H0hkcLFtMg
— Daily Sun (@dailysunsa) January 19, 2025She said that when officers came out of the cop shop, the said man was running from the torched motor vehicle.
“The members then gave chase and caught him a few metres from the scene.
“It was during this time when the suspect was arrested and charged with malicious damage to state property,” said Ndubane.
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She said a preliminary investigation by the police revealed that the suspect is a repeat offender, having committed a similar offence at the same Mhala cop shop in December 2023.
Mpumalanga acting police commissioner Major-General Dr Zeph Mkhwanazi has strongly condemned this incident and expressed his disappointment.
Mkhwanazi urged community members to safeguard these essential resources that were meant to assist them.
“This is very disturbing, and not so long, people will be complaining that they don’t get adequate service or there are no resources to serve them because of irresponsible actions like these.
“Let us have a sense of ownership of these resources that the state has allocated for us,” said Mkhwanazi.
The suspect will appear in the Mhala Magistrates Court on Monday, 20 January.
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