Members of Provincial Anti-Smuggling Team in Limpopo have intercepted a suspected stolen white Toyota Corolla Cross vehicle intended to be smuggled to neighbouring Zimbabwe.
Police spokesperson, Colonel Malesela Ledwaba, said the sport utility vehicle was about to be smuggled out of South Africa through an illegal crossing in the Limpopo River.
“Police received intelligence information about the vehicle that was driven along Malales Drift heading to the banks of the Limpopo River and operationalised on it,” he said.
“At about 6am, the vehicle fitting the description was spotted in the bushes while attempting to cross the Limpopo river to Zimbabwe. Police tried to stop it but sped off and got stuck in the sand.”
Two men alighted from the vehicle and ran into the border side of Zimbabwe, evading an arrest.
Preliminary investigations by the South African Police Service have so far revealed that the white vehicle belongs to a private company in South Africa.
However, police said the vehicle had not been reported as stolen. The Toyota Corolla Cross was immediately impounded at the scene.
