Two Western Cape police officers have been arrested for allegedly stealing a state vehicle and cloning number plates.
According to Western Cape provincial police spokesperson Andrè Traut, at around 22:30 on Thursday, officers from the Bellville police noticed two vehicles, a VW Caddy and a police Opel Corsa, that appeared “suspicious” to them.
The officers followed the two vehicles until they stopped at a house on De Grendel Avenue in Parow North.
When the occupants of the two vehicles realised the police were following them, they fled the area and were pursued until they were eventually caught.
“The VW Caddy, an official SAPS vehicle, was driven by a police constable and he had two civilian passengers. The Opel Corsa, also an official SAPS vehicle, was driven by a civilian, and his passenger was a police constable,” Traut said.
He added that the vehicles were fitted with cloned registration plates and it w
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