The Mpumalanga community safety, security and liaison department has urged the provincial police to catch the criminals who torched five trucks on the N4 route near Waterval Boven in the early hours of Monday.
An eSwatini national appeared in the Piet Retief magistrate's court on Monday for allegedly being in possession of 12kg of dagga in his vehicle on Saturday.
Mpumalanga police spokesperson Brig Selvy Mohlala said the 17-year-old boy escaped from lawful custody on Tuesday and his family brought him back on Thursday.
“We are going there but we don't know if we will come back alive because there are always gun shots fired. You heard for yourselves. The person who was firing shots came near the car [I was in] and looked at me. I looked back [at the person] because I did not know what was happening.