Durban — Marshall Security, a private security company, has reported that it recovered five stolen and hijacked vehicles in two days in separate incidents.
Marshall Security managing director Tyron Powell said that last week their teams responded to five separate stolen and hijacked vehicle recovery incidents over two days.
He said that on Tuesday at approximately 8.30pm, a Ford Ranger was taken in a house robbery in the Inanda area by an unknown number of armed suspects.
“Our Special Operations Team, Durban K9 Unit and Newlands SAPS were activated by Cartrack and immediately responded, where after the vehicle was found abandoned and recovered in Maasbanker Drive in the Newlands East area,” Powell said.
He said the scene was handed over to Newlands SAPS for further investigation.
Powell said that later at approximately 10pm, a silver Nissan Almera was hijacked in the Newlands area by two armed suspects.
“Our teams were activated by Tracker Connect and the vehicle was recovered in Hayfield Place in KwaMashu, where it had been abandoned,” he said.
Powell said that on Wednesday morning at approximately 10.30am, members of their Special Operations Team were activated to assist Netstar with locating a bakkie that had been stolen from Glen Anil Street in the Glen Anil area.
“Our members immediately responded to the last known location of the vehicle and within 15 minutes of being activated, the vehicle was found abandoned and was recovered on a side road off Impungushe Road in KwaMashu N section, after it had been severely stripped,” Powell said.
“Well done to our Special Ops team together with the assistance of the Netstar ground team and the Phoenix Trio Crimes Unit,” he added.
Powell said that while their team members were still busy with the recovery in KwaMashu, they were dispatched at approximately 11.15am to assist Matrix tracking, this time with finding a hijacked Corsa bakkie in the Umbilo area.
“Our team members immediately responded and within five minutes of being activated, the vehicle was found abandoned and recovered on Khozi in KwaMashu K section, together with the assistance of Matrix ground team and the SAPS Vehicle and Trio Task Team,” he said.
Powell said that later, at approximately 6.40pm, their team members were activated to assist Tracker SA and Matrix Tracking with a VW Polo that had been hijacked in KwaMashu.
“After a lengthy track, the vehicle was finally found abandoned and recovered on a dirt road, Sivumelwane Road, in KwaMashu A section by members of our Special Ops Team, Tracker SA ground team, Matrix Ground team and the SAPS Greenwood Park Trio Crimes unit,” he said.
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