Cape Town – Limpopo police have arrested a suspect following the murder of a farmer during a robbery over the weekend.
The 35-year-old farmer was allegedly assaulted with an iron pipe before being shot dead at his farm in Roedtan on Friday.
Police said they were looking for more suspects.
According to police spokesperson, Brigadiear Motlafela Mojapelo, five men arrived at Nicky Janse van Rensburg’s farm under the pretence of buying milk.
“The farm owner and his girlfriend arrived at the premises after coming from the local town and were accosted by…four suspects, who pointed firearms at them.
“The suspects tied his girlfriend and their friend up with cable ties and started demanding money from the farm owner. They then disarmed him of his firearm and hit him with an iron pipe, forcing him to hand over the safe keys,” Mojapelo said.
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During the ordeal, the farmer was shot dead and the suspects took firearms from the safe, cellphones, a laptop and other valuables before fleeing in a white Toyota Corolla.
A suspect was arrested during a tactical intelligence-driven operation after a vehicle fitting the description of the suspects’ getaway vehicle was seen in Moletji, in the Seshego policing area.
After the vehicle was stopped and searched, police recovered two 9mm pistol magazines, 30 live rounds of ammunition, and 9mm double magazines.
The 33-year-old suspect faced charges of murder, house robbery and possession of unlawful ammunition.
He was expected to appear in the Mookgophong Magistrate’s Court soon.
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Compiled by Olwethu Mpeshe
