One of SA’s ‘most wanted criminals’ arrested in Northern Cape

Northern Cape authorities have managed to track down one of the country’s most wanted men after evading arrest for months over crimes committed in 2016 and 2019 respectively.

Northern Cape police spokesperson, Olebogeng Tawana, says the suspect who has been named by police as Nicholas Manci was tracked down by authorities to Kuruman where he was arrested on Tuesday – in possession of a toy BB gun.

Manci is facing murder, robbery, kidnapping, assault charges

Manci is the main suspect in a murder, aggravated robbery and kidnapping case, which was committed in the small town of Daniëlskuil circa March 2019. The accused’s alleged criminal activity crosses provincial lines, with him also being sought in connection with a separate assault incident in Middelburg located in Mpumalanga.

According to Tawana, a warrant for Manci’s arrest was issued after he failed to make his court appearance in relation to a case already sitting in the Kimberley High Court, Tawana does not elaborate further on the details of said case.

#sapsNC The Provincial team including Crime Intelligence, and Kuruman High Way Patrol members, tracked down a man listed in a national #wanted list and arrested him in Kuruman on Tuesday. MLhttps://t.co/yl64O3CGkO pic.twitter.com/cmLCzBn0Dh

— SA Police Service 🇿🇦 (@SAPoliceService) December 16, 2020

Manci will appear in the Kimberley High Court soon.

Tawana is yet to confirm the exact date of Manci’s court appearance.

Most recently the South African reported on ten South Africans featured on Interpol’s red list. Interpol’s list of lawbreakers worldwide features alleged criminals who have managed to abscond from law enforcement authorities.

READ: South Africa’s most-wanted: 10 SA nationals on Interpol ‘red list’ [photos]

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In an unrelated incident, a trailer fully loaded with sheep and goats which cannot be accounted for by the owner of the trailer was impounded. The owner of the trailer could only account for only 11 goats which he had a document to transport from Northern Cape to KZN.  Further investigation revealed that the trailer’s identification mark was tempered with.