An intensive investigation and a tip-off led to the discovery of a truckload of Milo and Ricoffy at two different houses in Virginia, Matjhabeng.
The goods were stolen during a hijacking that occurred on Saturday, 1 February.
A 38-year-old truck driver was purportedly hijacked while parked on the N5 highway near Winburg. The driver had stopped his truck to relieve himself when two unknown, armed suspects confronted him.
The suspects, both speaking Zulu and wearing masks, threatened the victim at gunpoint, instructing him to cooperate if he wanted to see his family again. One of the suspects covered the driver’s head with a bag while the other drove off with the truck, which was transporting Nestlé products, including Ricoffy and Milo.
The victim was later abandoned near the R34 road in Odendaalsrus, while the suspects fled with the vehicle.
Following an intensive investigation and a tip-off from private security and the community, members and detectives of the Virginia police recovered the stolen truckload of Nestlé-owned beverages at two houses in Virginia. The confiscated goods have been secured as evidence and investigations are ongoing to track down the perpetrators,” says Capt. Loraine Earle, spokesperson for the police in the Free State.
