The Acting Gauteng Provincial Commissioner of the police, Major General Tommy Mthombeni, closed down one of the biggest scrapyards in the town of Vereeniging.

Without any hesitation, Mthombeni instructed his team to lock the gates of the scrapyard in Ext 1 Eishenhaur Street.
After searching the scrapyard thoroughly, Mthombeni and his team noticed that most of the vehicles and parts that were in the yard were not registered.

This means that the owner, who currently cannot be named as he had not appeared in court, is faced with a charge of dealing with possible stolen items and vehicles. Mthombeni confirmed that the parts and vehicles were found to have been stolen.

“This was a good success. A fine of R2500 was also issued before the arrest for failure to produce the relevant documents. Some of the stolen items were said to be from Pretoria, Lenasia and Vanderbijlpark. It is alleged that apparently the suspect operates with many other scrapyards in the area, law enforcement agencies and police received a tip-off about this suspicious operation” said police.