Police identify five groups behind spate of stock theft in Free State 12 November 2020 - 13:33 Image: SAPS
Police have identified five groups behind numerous stock theft incidents in the crime-ridden farming community of Paul Roux and surrounding areas in the Free State.
Provincial police commissioner Lt-Gen Baile Motswenyane revealed this at a ministerial rural safety imbizo in Bethlehem on Thursday.
Motswenyane was giving feedback after a meeting with concerned farmers in the area on October 13.
The farmers had handed police minister Bheki Cele a report listing the challenges they faced.
These included stock theft, the names of the police officers allegedly involved in crimes and failures of the justice system.