Cops uncover syndicate selling plots on government farms
Eastern Cape police have uncovered a land theft syndicate illegally selling plots on government farms near the East London Airport.
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Eastern Cape police have uncovered a land theft syndicate illegally selling plots on government farms near the East London Airport.
iStock The farms are owned by the national Department of Public Works. The suspects allegedly charged up to R20 000 per plot. Eastern Cape police have uncovered a land theft syndicate illegally selling plots on government farms near the East London Airport. Five suspects - aged between 38 and 62 - were arrested on Wednesday following a week-long covert police investigation. Eastern Cape police spokesperson Brigadier Thembinkosi Kinana said they had allegedly been selling plots on farms belonging to the Department of Public Works for R15 000 in 2020. READ | The suspects later increased the...
Five suspects nabbed for selling government farm plots in Eastern Cape News24 Wire The fence of Jan van der Bank's farm in Hammanskraal, 16 September 2020. Jan's farm is slowly being taken over by illegal intruders that he is unable to prevent from entering his land. The intruders break and even steal sections of his fence regularly. Picture: Jacques Nelles The suspects are expected to appear in the East...