{"id":10781,"date":"2026-01-08T07:38:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T07:38:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/10781\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T07:38:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T07:38:19","slug":"limpopo-police-recover-stolen-motorbikes-and-ammunition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/10781\/","title":{"rendered":"Limpopo police recover stolen motorbikes and ammunition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\tMulti-agency operation leads to seizure along R81 near Mopani District office.\n\t<\/p>\n<p>Limpopo police recovered three suspected stolen motorbikes and live ammunition, and arrested a 43-year-old male foreign national along the R81 near the Mopani district office on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The operation involved the Mopani District Tracking Team, Giyani K9 Unit, Public Order Policing members, the Motor Vehicle Theft Unit and private security partners.<\/p>\n<p>Interception following an intelligence tip-off<\/p>\n<p>Brigadier Hlulani Mashaba, spokesperson for the South African Police Service (Saps), said the teams were activated after receiving information from a security tracking company about a vehicle suspected to be transporting stolen motorbikes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPolice strategically mobilised and intercepted the identified vehicle along the R81,\u201d Mashaba said.<\/p>\n<p>A search conducted upon interception revealed three stripped motorbikes in the vehicle\u2019s loading area.<\/p>\n<p>Mashaba added that police also found live 9mm ammunition. The suspect was arrested at the scene and is  in police custody.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is expected to appear in the Giyani Magistrate\u2019s Court soon on charges of possession of stolen property and unlawful possession of ammunition,\u201d said Mashaba.<\/p>\n<p>ALSO READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizen.co.za\/news\/boy-2-still-missing-as-limpopo-police-intensify-search\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Boy, two, still missing as Limpopo police intensify search<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Police commendation<\/p>\n<p>Acting provincial police commissioner Major General Jan Scheepers commended the teams involved.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis operation clearly demonstrates the effectiveness of integrated and partnership policing in combating organised crime and protecting our communities,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>Separate firearm recovery<\/p>\n<p>In a separate case in Tzaneen, members of the Tzaneen Crime Prevention Unit and Mopani district Tracking Team recovered an unlicensed firearm loaded with ammunition.<\/p>\n<p>Mashaba said the ammunition was abandoned by two African males who then ran into Burgersdorp village upon seeing police patrolling in the area.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInvestigations are continuing,\u201d Mashaba said.<\/p>\n<p>READ NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizen.co.za\/news\/south-africa\/crime\/baby-fighting-for-life-hospital-father-dead-fordsburg-shooting\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Baby fighting for life in hospital, father dead in Fordsburg shooting<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Multi-agency operation leads to seizure along R81 near Mopani District office. Limpopo police recovered three suspected stolen motorbikes&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10782,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[1688,1363,131,329],"class_list":{"0":"post-10781","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-south-africa","8":"tag-arrest","9":"tag-crime","10":"tag-south-africa","11":"tag-south-african-police-service-saps"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10781","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10781"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10781\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}