South Africa: Municipal Employee Arrested in Port Elizabeth

press release

A 26-year-old municipal worker appeared in the New Brighton Magistrates' Court on Wednesday, 24 April 2019 on a charge of possession of suspected stolen property.

It is alleged that on Tuesday, 23 April 2019 at about 12:00, members from the Bomb Disposal Unit were in Cresswell Road in Sydenham when they noticed a municipal vehicle stop near a scrap dealership. A person got out carrying two bags and went into the premises. Police followed him and while making enquiries noticed the bag on the floor. The municipal worker hastily left the premises.

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