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Two suspects linked to the murder of a Free State police officer, Warrant Officer Johannes du Randt, appeared in court on Monday.
The Hawks said Fikile Ramotsoenyane (42) and Nkululeko Antonio (47) made a brief appearance before a Vanderbiljpark magistrate for the possession of stolen property, possession of police uniforms and possession of unlicensed ammunition.
Hawks spokesperson, Colonel Katlego Mogale, said the duo then made another court appearance in the Frankfort Magistrates' Court on the same day for the murder of Warrant Officer Du Rand.
In an earlier statement, Free State police said he was found shot to death in his bakkie on a farm in the early hours of last Friday morning, after reporting to SAPS that he was following a truck that had been hijacked.
Algoa FM News later learned that the truck was carrying a cargo of catalytic converters.
Mogale said Ramotsoenyane and Antonio were arrested by members of a Task Team over the past weekend.
“Ramotsoenyane was arrested at a residence in Vanderbiljpark where he was found in possession of a suspected stolen vehicle, an Isuzu bakkie with police markings, police bulletproof vests, police uniforms, and an unlicensed R5 rifle.”
Mogale said Antonio was arrested in Soweto on Saturday.
The two will be back in the Frankfort Magistrates' Court on 20 June.
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