Spokesperson, Paul Ramaloko, says six gang members were arrested at their hideout in Mmakau during the early hours of Monday morning. He says this comes after a spurt of housebreaking and robbery cases in which several farm houses were broken into. The gang members then allegedly sold the stolen items in the Mmakau area. So far they have been positively linked to seven incidents in which houses where robbed at gunpoint.

Ramaloko says the gang is suspected to consist of nine members in their late twenties and early thirties, with the remaining three still at large. He says during the arrest of the six, police recovered suspected stolen goods to the value of thousands of rands. Items such as a crowbar and bolt cutter, which are suspected to have been used to break open locked houses, were also confiscated.

The men will appear in the Brits Magistrate's Court tomorrow on charges of housebreaking and possession of suspected stolen goods.  

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