CENTURION - Police have confirmed that three of the five bodies retrieved in the Hennops River, belong to the three constables that were reported.
The officers were travelling from Free State to Limpopo, when they were reported missing last Thursday.
Constables Cebekhulu Linda, Keamogetswe Buys and Boipelo Senoge were last seen near the Grasmere toll plaza travelling in a Volkswagen Polo vehicle. When they were reported missing, it was discovered that their phones and tracking devices have been offline.
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On Monday night, two bodies of a female and male we recovered from the river followed by three more bodies on Tuesday.
National Police Commissioner, Fani Masemola says four of the bodies recovered from the river are SAPS officials while the fifth body which was found decomposed is yet to be identified.
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The fourth SAPS official has been identified as a groundsman from Lyttelton Police Station in Centurion. The official's car was also retrieved from the river.
Masemola says a thoroughly investigation will take place as the men in blue search for the Volkswagen Polo that three constables were travelling in during their time of disappearance.