FREE State cops have arrested two people including a former G4S employee linked to the Thabo Bester escape in the Mangaung Correctional Centre.
Dr Nandipha Magudumana's 65-year-old father has allegedly also been arrested. The suspects are expected to appear in the Bloemfontein Magistrates Court on Tuesday, 11 April.
Cops' spokeswoman Brigadier Athlenda Mathe said the suspects were arrested in Port Edward, in the Eastern Cape and Bloemfontein.
Mathe said the team investigating Bester's escape from the Mangaung Correctional Centre arrested the duo over the past weekend.
"The former G4S employee was arrested at his residence in Bloemfontein on Saturday, 8 April while the 65-year-old man was arrested on Friday, 7 April at his home in Port Edward," Mathe said.
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"We believethat these two suspects are the masterminds in aiding and abetting thisconvicted prisoner to escape from lawful custody. We do believe these twosuspects arrested over the weekend by our investigating team have a case toanswer," she said.
Mathe has confirmed that the delegation led by the police Deputy Police National Commissioner Lieutenant General Tebello Mosikili has arrived in Arusha, Tanzania.
"The team is currently engaged with their Tanzanian counterparts to finalise all legal processes required towards bringing escapee Thabo Bester and his accomplices to justice in South Africa," she said.
The National Commissioner of police General Fannie Masemola welcomed the arrests and confirmed that the possibility of more arrests could not be ruled out.
