George police have deployed a team of specialist detectives to probe the torching of four vehicles, including municipal traffic vehicles, in Thembalethu this week.
Police spokesperson, Captain Malcolm Pojie, says preliminary investigations indicate that the arson attacks came after traffic officials had embarked on a special operation targeting unroadworthy taxis.
He says police deployments in Thembalethu have also been intensified.
Pojie says two of the four vehicles are privately owned, but one of them belonged to a traffic officer.
George Municipality spokesperson, Chantelle Edwards Klose, says damage to their vehicles run into hundreds of thousands of rands.
