Durban woman arrested in alleged murder plot
A woman from Durban is due to appear in the Pinetown Magistrate's Court today for allegedly planning to kill her husband.
Along with two other suspects thought to be hitmen, she faces charges of conspiracy to commit murder.
The KZN Hawks say the trio were arrested last week after offices were tipped-off about a planned hit in Waterloo Crescent in Pinetown.
Spokesperson Simphiwe Mhlongo says they swooped on the suspected hitmen who were found hiding in the boot of a car.
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Mhlongo says it's believed the men were waiting for a phone call from the wife to kill her 54-year-old husband.
"It is alleged that the 25-year-old hired two men to assassinate her husband. Apparently, the information was received and the Harks members together with Ntuzima SAPS, as well as K9 foiled the [murder] plot. The suspects were all arrested and charged," he said.
Meanwhile, three suspects facing charges of murder will appear in court today after a man was shot and killed in the Msiyane area. in Ngwavuma. One of the suspects, the wife of the victim, was arrested after Hawks members received information concerning an alleged murder plot.