Africa-Press – South-Africa. Two off-duty Western Cape police band members assisted in apprehending a 23-year-old suspected hijacker along Spine Road in Cape Town on Wednesday.
Sergeants Wayne Snyders and Andrea Sinclair, were on their way home, after performing at the quarterly provincial sports day in Pinelands, when they noticed a City of Cape Town Law Enforcement officer involved in a high-speed chase with a suspect speeding in a black Ford Fiesta.
The officers, who were in their private vehicles, noticed that the suspect was about to get away when they placed themselves on duty join the chase.
Western Cape police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Malcolm Pojie, said as the suspect entered the Old Faure Road, the members followed at high-speed and managed to chase him down.
“In desperation to evade the members, the suspect lost control hitting the curb and deflated three of the four tyres, preventing him (from) continuing,” Pojie said.
The suspect then fled on foot.
Snyders managed to apprehend him.
Meanwhile, on close inspection, Sinclair discovered that the suspect had tossed a firearm and ammunition while he tried to evade arrest.
“They backtracked on the chase and found the 9mm pistol and 13 rounds of ammunition in the street,” Pojie added.
They also discovered that the suspect was driving a hijacked vehicle, that was reported stolen in Mitchells Plain earlier that day.
The suspect faces charges related to the possession of the presumably stolen property, possession of a prohibited firearm and the illegal possession of ammunition.
He is scheduled to appear in the Kuilsrivier Magistrate’s Court.
Police management has lauded the members who went the extra mile to apprehend the suspect on multiple charges and remove him from society to whom he poses a threat.
“The fact that the members put themselves in harm’s way and on duty, is (a) testimony of their commitment to restore the image of our organisation and to restore (the) trust of the community in SAPS,” said police.
According to Pojie, Sinclair plays the alto saxophone and Snyders, the trumpet and sousaphone.
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