The provincial police spokesperson, captain Aafje Botma, said the trio was found in possession of six plastic bags containing various items.
“The constable and chief administration clerk were on the way to the cluster office for administration duties when they spotted a suspicious Hyundai vehicle with three occupants, two females and one male, on Monday, at one of the filling stations in Zeerust,” said Botma.
“The curious employees went to the vehicle where they found the occupants removing price tags from new clothing items. A search was conducted and six plastic bags containing shoes, school uniforms, toiletries and bedding worth R15 000 were found. Preliminary investigations revealed that the items were allegedly stolen from several retail stores in Zeerust,” she said.
Sabelo Dhlamini, Thandekile Zuma and Nokwanda Mavundla appeared in the Zeerust Magistrate’s Court on Thursday and their case was postponed to January 15. Their ages were not available at the time of publication.
African News Agency (ANA)
