On Tuesday 14 October 2025 at about 13:00, the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) Daveyton Precinct Officers intercepted five (5) male suspects between the age of twenty-eight (28) and ?thirty-four (34) years, for possession of South African Police Service (SAPS) uniform, impersonating a police officers and attempted hijacking, in the Daveyton area.
A 36-year-old male victim, alleges that he was driving along N12 highway, and he gave an unknown female pedestrian a lift. As the lady got off the vehicle, he was blocked from the front by a white VW Golf, and a male wearing a police reflective jacket and jeans climbed out. That was when he immediately thought this might not be the real police and he drove off. The VW Golf chased him and tried to block him again and he drove off without stopping.
The EMPD officers, whilst performing their duties, saw a VW Golf driving erratically in front of another motor vehicle and they went to stop the VW Golf to find out what is the road rage all about. That was when the driver of the other vehicle (victim) drove back to the Officers and explained what had happened. The Officers checked the vehicle and found SAPS police uniform, a CPF reflective jacket, cell phones, a screwdriver, a taser, two arm belts (famously known as fighting belts), and a firearm license which did not belong to the suspects in the VW Golf.
After questioning the suspects in the VW Golf, it became apparent that none of them were police officers.
The suspects were immediately arrested and detained at Daveyton SAPS police station and will soon appear before the relevant Magistrate’s Court.
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