{"id":916453,"date":"2022-01-15T09:22:27","date_gmt":"2022-01-15T09:22:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/news\/2022\/01\/15\/gauteng-cops-track-down-2-inmates-who-dashed-for-freedom-in-movie-style-escape-4-more-still-on-the-run\/"},"modified":"2022-01-15T09:22:27","modified_gmt":"2022-01-15T09:22:27","slug":"gauteng-cops-track-down-2-inmates-who-dashed-for-freedom-in-movie-style-escape-4-more-still-on-the-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/15\/gauteng-cops-track-down-2-inmates-who-dashed-for-freedom-in-movie-style-escape-4-more-still-on-the-run\/","title":{"rendered":"Gauteng cops track down 2 inmates who dashed for freedom in 'movie-style' escape, 4 more still on the run"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Durban – Police have tracked down two more prisoners who made a dash for freedom during a daring escape in Gauteng on Friday.<\/p>\n

SAPS spokesperson, Brigadier Brenda Muridili, said Nkululeko Nkomo and Robert Hlatshwayo were arrested at a petrol station in Olivenhoutbosch.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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She said a third suspect was nabbed for aiding and abetting.<\/p>\n

On Friday, police launched a manhunt after six inmates escaped from custody.<\/p>\n

Robert Hlatshwayo and Nkululeko Nkomo were traced and arrested. Picture: SAPS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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According to reports, the police truck transporting the prisoners was ambushed by three armed men driving a silver Audi at the corner of Barry Marais and Rondebult streets in Brakpan on the East Rand.<\/p>\n

Five of the six escapees were due at court for a Dawn Park case of business robbery, attempted murder and possession of an unlicensed firearm, and the sixth escapee was due for his first appearance on a shoplifting case.<\/p>\n

Police are continuing to search for the remaining four inmates.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Still on the run: Mbongiseni Mkandla<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Still on the run: Thulani Dube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Still on the run: Augustine Nqobani Moyo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Durban – Police have tracked down two more prisoners who made a dash for freedom during a daring escape in Gauteng on Friday. SAPS spokesperson, Brigadier Brenda Muridili, said Nkululeko Nkomo and Robert Hlatshwayo were arrested at a petrol station in Olivenhoutbosch. She said a third suspect was nabbed for aiding and abetting. On Friday, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-916453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-headlines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/916453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=916453"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/916453\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=916453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=916453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=916453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}