Courier vehicle hijacked

Cellphone parcels stolen from Ram

Police have opened a case of hijacking and theft after a Ram courier vehicle was robbed of cellphone packages in Kempton Park‚ east of Johannesburg‚ on Tuesday.

It was one of two attacks on Ram courier vehicles in the area on Tuesday. “It is alleged that on Tuesday morning two suspects approached the 58year-old driver and passenger who were seated in the vehicle parked near Knorr-Brense and Derrick Roads and instructed the vehicle occupants at gunpoint to get out of the Ford

Ranger‚” said police spokesperson Brig Mathapelo Peters.

She said the suspects then drove off with the vehicle‚ which was loaded with packages the victims were set to deliver. It has since been confirmed by the complainant that the packages contained cellphones. “Swift investigations by police led to the recovery of the vehicle near the corner of Proctor and Bessie streets in Rhodesfield (also in Kempton Park). The packages were however not found in the abandoned vehicle.”

A video of the second incident shows one of the vans driving down a street and making a sharp right turn into an adjacent street. Two people can be seen jumping out of the van and fleeing the scene‚ as another person from a separate white car attempts to chase them.

As the van moves down the street‚ the person attempting to catch the two people can be seen returning to the vehicle and driving off‚ leaving the Ram van abandoned on the side of the road.

It appears that nothing was taken in the second incident.

Car retrieved without the packages