Port Elizabeth police have arrested a 30-year old man for attempted hijacking and pointing of a firearm.
Captain Sandra Janse Van Rensburg says police received complaints about a person placing big rocks on the N2 between Cotswold and Standford road.
She says members of the PE Flying squad and PE K9 unit then responded.
It was suspected that people wanted to create an obstruction, forcing motorists to stop and then either hijack them or rob them of their personal belongings, adding that in the past, similar incidents were reported.
Janse van Rensburg says police noticed a man approaching them from the centre island of the freeway, armed with a firearm pointed directly at the members.
She says when the suspect noticed that it was a police vehicle, he threw down the firearm and fled.
The police chased after the suspect and later arrested him.
They confiscated the weapon, and upon inspection, they noticed that it was a plastic replica shotgun.
The suspect will appear in the Port Elizabeth Magistrate's court soon.
