Johannesburg – Deputy police commissioner Shadrack Sibiya has confirmed that five bodies have now been found from the Hennops River, two of which are considered that of two missing free state police officers.
South African Police Service (SAPS) members searched the huge river in Centurion in search of a third missing female police officer who was with two colleagues from Bloemfontein to Limpopo to Limpopo last week.
Last Wednesday, officers Cebekhulu Linda, Keamogets-Koopt and Boepelo Senoge were missing while they were in Limpopo in Limpopo.
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The bodies of a male and female recovered in the river yesterday is probably those of two of the missing officers.
The police led to the N1 Highway at a bridge that crosses the Hennops -River on Tuesday morning.
This is where search operations have been active all day, with two more bodies recovering.
“They started combing yesterday and that is the first thing they found, they found two bodies. The search continued this morning. We are still looking for the vehicle that VW Polo vehicle that we have distributed, but that is still not found,” Police spokesperson Athlenda Mathe.
Mathe said that the family members of the officers had arrived in Pretoria and were informed by researchers.
Orrin Singh
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