Police apprehend suspect after high-speed chase ended in Muizenberg

Police and metro police apprehended a 43 year old man in a high speed car chase that started in Wynberg and ended in Muizenberg on Monday July 7.

Provincial police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Malcolm Pojie said Muizenberg police had registered a case of negligent driving, possession of drugs, malicious damage to property, and resisting arrest.

This followed the arrest of a 43-year-old man who was driving a white VW Polo and was apprehended by metro police and SAPS after a high-speed chase through several neighbourhoods and roads on Monday around 11.30am.

“It is alleged that the suspect drove recklessly with his VW Polo when he was spotted in Church Street, Wynberg by the members on patrol who attempted to pull him over, but without any success,” he said.

Lieutenant Colonel Pojie said that reinforcements were summoned where the high speed chase continued against the flow of traffic.

“ The police finally pulled him over in Muizenberg near Sanderling Road, Capricorn, where he was arrested on the mentioned charges,” he said.

Lieutenant Colonel Pojie said during the chase, shots were fired at the tyres in an attempt to force the driver to halt at the traffic circle near Sunrise Circle.

“The suspect was arrested and taken to a medical facility for assessment and treatment for a laceration to the head, after which he was detained. The suspect will appear in the Wynberg Magistrates’ Court once charged,” he said.

A video shared by a local traffic group shows the white VW Polo, with a broken headlight and damaged bonnet, entering the traffic circle on Baden Powell Drive before heading down Sandering Road in Capricorn.

Police sirens can be heard in the background as officers surround the vehicle. The footage also shows police kicking the driver’s side window to remove the suspect from the car.