Kubanjwe abarhanelwa ababini emva kokuba amapolisa ebambe iipilisi ze-mandrax ezixabisa ngaphezulu kwe-R1 miliyoni ngexabiso lesitalato ngexesha lomsebenzi wokukhangela kwi-R63 phakathi kweKwaMaqoma neAlice.
Ngokwengxelo ye-South African Police Service (SAPS), amalungu asebenza kwaMaqoma afumene ulwazi olubalulekileyo malunga nesithuthi esikrokrelwa ukuba sithwala iziyobisi ngoLwesithathu, umhla we-18 kweyoMdumba 2026, malunga nentsimbi ye-10:00 kusasa. Amapolisa asichongile isithuthi esihambelana nenkcazelo aze asikhangela.
Ngexesha lokukhangela, kufunyenwe iingxowa zeplastiki ezingama-60 ezineepilisi ze-mandrax ngaphakathi kwesithuthi. Ezi ziyobisi zabanjwa kwangoko, kwaza kwabanjwa amadoda amabini aneminyaka engama-43 nengama-46 ubudala.
Abarhanelwa kulindeleke ukuba bavele phambi kweNkundla kaMantyi yaseKwaMaqoma bejongene netyala lokuba neziyobisi. Uphando lusaqhutywa malunga nobunini besithuthi emva kokuba abarhanelwa bengakwazanga ukunika ingcaciso ecacileyo. Isithuthi sithathiwe ngamapolisa, kwaze kongezwa netyala lokuba nesithuthi ekrokrelwa ukuba sibiyiweyo.
I-SAPS ithi ukubanjwa kwaba barhanelwa kubonisa indima ebalulekileyo yoluntu ekulweni urhwebo lweziyobisi. Amapolisa akhuthaze uluntu ukuba luqhubeke nokusebenzisana namagunya ngokunika ingxelo ngezenzo ezikrokrelwayo, esithi intsebenziswano yoluntu ibalulekile ekwakheni iindawo ezikhuselekileyo.