Suspect held after cops find cloned police vehicle believed to have been used in robberies

Gauteng police have arrested a suspect after the discovery of a cloned police vehicle believed to have been used in a spate of truck hijackings and courier vehicle robberies in the province.

According to police spokesperson Col Noxolo Kweza, a 44-year-old suspect was arrested in Walkerville, Sedibeng district, after a cloned police vehicle was discovered on a property there.

She said an intelligence-driven operation led Johannesburg crime intelligence and Soweto K9 unit members to the recovery of: