Most-wanted Zimbabwean Criminal In South Africa Re-arrested Two Years After Assaulting Cops And Escaping

Below
is
a
statement
issued
by
SAPS,
confirming
the
arrest
of
Musoyi
in
Limpopo:

The
Provincial
Commissioner
of
Police
in
Limpopo
Lieutenant
General
Thembi
Hadebe
hailed
the
collaborative
efforts
between
SAPS
Sekhukhune
Task
Team,
Operation
Vala
Umgodi
Multidisciplinary
Team
as
well
as
private
security
who
worked
tirelessly
to
track
and
trace
the
most
evasive
fugitive
who
had
been
on
the
run
after
escaping
from
police
custody,
after
attacking
and
disarming
two
police
officers
in
Motetema.

Lovemore
Musoyi,
the
notorious
Zimbabwean
national
(32),
had
been
on
the
run
after
escaping
from
police
custody.
Musoyi
is
facing
more
than
10
criminal
cases,
including
murder,
attempted
murder,
armed
robberies,
house
robberies,
business
robberies,
kidnapping,
assaults,
stock
theft,
possession
of
an
unlicensed
firearm
and
ammunition
that
occurred
in
Elandskraal,
Motetema,
Dennilton
and
Rakgoadi
policing
areas
in
Sekhukhune
District.

Musoyi’s
luck
eventually
deserted
him
when
the
police
working
with
private
Security,
operationalised
information
and
invaded
a
hideout
place
of
the
suspect
in
the
mountains
at
Rakgoadi
policing
area
on
Friday,
03
January
2025
during
the
day.

An
unlicensed
firearm
was
also
confiscated
from
the
suspect
when
he
was
arrested.

The
Provincial
Commissioner,
Lieutenant
General
Thembi
Hadebe,
has
applauded
the
role
players
who
worked
diligently
to
ensure
that
the
suspect
who
had
been
on
the
run
for
some
time
is
re-captured
to
account
for
his
heinous
acts.

The
suspect
is
expected
to
appear
before
various
Magistrate’s
courts
within
Sekhukhune
District
in
due
course
facing
several
cases
including
escaping
from
lawful
custody.

Police
investigations
are
continuing.