/ 23 March 1999

POLICE SPIN AND WIN

FIVE suspected armed robbers, including notorious Eastern Cape gangster, Thembani “Sticks” Magoqa, were arrested late on Sunday during a police swoop in King William’s Town. Magoqa has been on the run since he strolled out of his police cell in September last year with a police service pistol in hand. About R3500 worth of “Win ‘n Spin” and Zama Zama scratch cards were recovered on Sunday from the vehicle in which the men were travelling. Magoqa is suspected of involvement in a hijacking of a post office truck earlier this month in which quiz show scratch cards totalling R80000 and Telkom phone cards were stolen.