Police in Cape Town have bust two suspects for
allegedly hijacking a bread delivery truck and stealing 300 loaves of bread.
The bread truck was recovered in Makhaza Khayelitsha earlier on Thursday.
According to Harare Police station spokesperson Captain Siyabulela Vukubi, they were informed by community members that there was a stolen bread at a house in their neighbourhood.
They rushed to the place they directed to in block 56 in Makhaza were two suspects were bust.
A Makhaza resident who spoke to Daily Sun said the rumour started going around that lots of stolen bread was stashed in their kasi but she didn’t take it seriously.
“There are lots of things that happen here ekasi, people sometimes just speak about things which they are not really sure about for the sake of gossip, so I ignored. I was shocked later to see cops coming here to arrest the suspects.
“I think they intended to sell the bread to residents on a lower price,” said the resident who didn’t want to be named.
Vukubi said 39 crates of bread containing 388 loaves were found at a house. Cops said the bread heist was done in Grabouw outside Cape Town and was stashed in Khayelitsha.
“Two suspects aged 32 and 36 were arrested for possession of presumed stolen property. Police are now trying to trace the ownership of the bread truck that allegedly dropped the bread at that particular address.
“Both suspects will appear in Khayelitsha court as soon as they are charged,” said Vukubi.
