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Eastern Cape Police spokesperson Captain Mali Govender said Constable Romeo Aston Holster from Port Alfred was driving to Alexandria on Saturday when he picked up a hiker, who later asked him to stop by the side of the road so he could pick up some goods.

The suspicious driver was driving the 39-year-old man to the Alexandria police station when he realized where they were going, and tried to grab the steering wheel of the car from the policeman’s hands.

“At this stage the member identified himself as a police officer and drove directly to the police station, where the hiker was arrested and detained for the possession of suspected stolen property.”

Seventeen kettles, a hand mixer, hairdryer, paraffin heater, a hotplate and radio valued at R5,000 were recovered by police – before the theft was even reported.

“Not long after the arrest was made and the docket was registered, a case of housebreaking at Robot Furniture’s, Alexandria, was reported to the Alexandria Police.”

Monwabisi Windvoel, 39, appeared in the Alexandria Magistrate’s Court on Monday and the case has been postponed until 18 September. He was remanded in custody.

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Sun May 19 01:14:46 SAST 2013 ::

Sep 5, 2012

Pointman

Captain Holster - our hero of the day. Give him a bottle of bells.
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Sep 5, 2012

MommaC

LOL
With incompetent criminals like this, our cops have an easy life :)
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Sep 5, 2012

QueenLuu

hahahaha serves him right.
Good work Mr Policeman.
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Sep 5, 2012

Mosquer

Good work
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Sep 5, 2012

Voetzek

But the story is Open how can policeman willingly accept to assit unknown dude with state car for delivery, he wanted bribes and they didnt agree at each other period
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Sep 5, 2012

Jenani

Lovely story
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Sep 5, 2012

Bingo-Ingo

Voetzek
But the story is Open how can policeman willingly accept to assit unknown dude with state car for delivery, he wanted bribes and they didnt agree at each other period
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Chief please read the first paragraph (in bold).
A hitchhiker landed himself in hot water when he unknowingly thumbed a ride with an off-duty policeman and asked him to stop at the side of the road to load up stolen electrical appliances
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The policeman was off-duty sir.
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Sep 5, 2012

Publc2

Voetzek
But the story is Open how can policeman willingly accept to assit unknown dude with state car for delivery, he wanted bribes and they didnt agree at each other period
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I can't figure out that he was using a state car dude,all I cud pick up is that he was off-duty and so I can assume he was using his own car.Unless u prove it otherwise to me sir.
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Sep 5, 2012

Voetzek

Thanks for clarity i was just assuming that maybe he was using state car
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Sep 5, 2012

ThirdEye

A plan that went so wrong, he should have organised his own transport not to hike. This was an easy arrest.
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