Amapolisa aseMpuma Koloni akhangela iqela lemigulukudu exhobileyo elithe larhuqa umphanga kwindawo yoshishino eNgqushwa (Peddie) ngoMgqibelo, liqhumisa ii-ATM ze lathatha nesixa semali esingachazwanga kweli shishini.
Isithethi sephondo, uLieutenant-Colonel Siphokazi Mawisa, uthi amadoda angaziwayo, ebenxibe iibhalaklava, agaleleke kweli shishini, ekuvakala ukuba liziko elitsha eliza kwakhiwa kuhola wendlela uN2, ephethe imipu yohlobo oluphezulu.
“Baqhumise ii-ATM ebezingaphakathi evenkileni, kwathathwa isixa-mali esingachazwanga kweli shishini,” utshilo.
UMawisa uthi kutyholwa ukuba basebenzise iimoto ezimbini iVW Polo neFord Ranger ukuze babaleke, bebaleka besiya kuR72.
Uthe akukho mntu wonzakeleyo ngethuba kuphangwa.
Ngeli xesha, kwingxelo ngoMvulo, inkokeli yeDemocratic Alliance kwiFrontier Constituency, uJane Cowley, uthe esi sehlo sibangele ukonakaliswa kwezakhiwo ezininzi.
“Ukonakaliswa kweendawo ezintsha zoshishino kunye nesikhululo samafutha ecaleni kohola wendlela uN2 eNgqushwa kuyaluphazamisa kakhulu uqoqosho lweli,” utshilo.
UCowley uthe ucele uncedo olungcono lwamapolisa edolophini nakwezinye iidolophu ezincinci, esongeza ukuba ngelixa amapolisa esabele kwindawo yexhwayelo, wathi “amagosa ayemaninzi kakhulu kwaye anamandla”.
Amapolisa akwacela nabani na onokuthi ancede kuphando atsalele inombolo yeSAPS CrimeStop 08600 10111, okanye atsalele isikhululo samapolisa esikufuphi kubo.