Police Dismiss Zeerust/Tlokweng Road Car Hijack Claims

This follows allegations on Facebook recently that some Batswana were cautioning others on ‘Fight crime in Gaborone’ Facebook page to be on the look out for car hijackers when visiting South Africa via Tlokweng border post. Facebook users revealed that of late car hijackers have been targeting motorists from Botswana, threatening them with guns before escaping with their victims’ cars. Some of the people who commented on the post maintained that car hijacking along that road remained a concern and that a number of Batswana have lost their cars at the hands of South African car hijackers.

One user posted on the page claiming to have recently witnessed a local Toyota Hilux being hijacked in front of his car. He was pleading with Batswana to avoid stopping when driving along Zeerust/Tlokweng road and between Zeerust and Rustenburg identifying the routes as hot spots for car hijackers. He claimed that a police officer stationed at Zeerust informed him that they are currently dealing with more than 10 cases of car hijacking from Batswana occurring along Tlokweng and Zeerust road.