16 November 2009
The police are searching for a Cape Town security guard accused of murdering a colleague late on Sunday night.
Norman Benjamin, 42, of Mitchell's Plain, was driving a company security van with two passengers along the N7 last night. It is understood that the team was to take over the night shift from colleagues guarding Eskom power lines along the West Coast.
Milnerton police spokeswoman Daphne Dell said the vehicle had stopped on the highway near the Potsdam road turn-off, when one of the passengers shot Benjamin in the face. He died on the scene.
Dell said the police would search today for the alleged killer, who ran away from the scene.
The general manager of security firm Chippa, Demakatso Baartman, was not available to shed further light on the murder this morning.
Meanwhile, the metro police say their "Operation Choke" - designed to halt drug-related activities in the province - is yielding positive results.
Last Friday, two men were arrested after officers spotted them "behaving suspiciously" in Athlone, metro police spokesman Nowellen Petersen said.
The men were found to be carrying 41 packets of tik, with a street value of R1 700.
In another incident, a suspect was arrested in Eland Street, in the same area, and found to be in possession of 20 stops of dagga and four tik lollies.
"We have already had 'Operation Choke' in Tafelsig and it is now running in Atlantis," said metro police deputy chief Yolanda Faro.
"We want to again appeal to the public for their assistance to rid our communities of this scourge of gangsterism and drugs."
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