A soldier and police officer were arrested, along side eleven others for a coins-in-transit heist that occurred in Gauteng on Friday.
In a statement, police stated the institution of suspects, elderly among 21 and 50, attacked a coins truck and took off with an undisclosed sum of money at the R501 avenue close to the N12 highway
“Police noticed 4 getaway automobiles using at excessive pace alongside the R501 earlier than splitting into one-of-a-kind guidelines in Carletonville. A shootout ensued among the suspects and the police which resulted in a single officer being injured.
“The shootout did now no longer forestall the decided law enforcement officials from looking down the suspects,” stated SAPS spokesperson, Lt Col Robert Netshiunda.
He stated officials persevered attempting to find the suspects’ car and their meticulous research pointed them to an diagnosed premises on Geranium Street in Carletonville in which one of the getaway automobiles turned into observed.
He stated an undisclosed sum of money turned into observed withinside the car.
“The next seek of the premises caused the arrest of 3 guys and a woman. Further research caused the arrest of six greater suspects. Preliminary investigations discovered that one of the getaway car‘s turned into reportedly hijacked in Elsburg in April 2021.
A Toyota Quantum suspected to be one of the getaway automobiles turned into noticed and 3 suspects had been arrested in Krugersdorp,” Netshuiunda stated.
Further investigations led police to a nearby mechanic in which any other car, a Hyundai Tuscan, which turned into extensively utilized as a getaway car, turned into observed. The group then proceeded to Bambatha Street in Kagiso in which a drone and a police reflector jacket had been observed.
Netshiunda stated the suspects, amongst them an off obligation police officer and a member of the South African National Defence Force will seem in courtroom docket quickly on costs of armed robbery, tried homicide of a police officer, ownership of hijacked car, ownership of suspected stolen property, ownership of explosives and ownership of dagga, amongst different costs.
Police investigations continue. The country wide police commissioner, Khehla Sithole has wanted the injured police officer a rapid recovery.
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