| One more suspect arrested in connection with Mecklenburg cash-in-transit robbery remanded in custody | |
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| Date Published: | 2023/11/30 |
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Media Statement POLOKWANE - Another suspect, aged 40, was arrested on Thursday, 30 November 2023 at Ga Manyaka village outside Mecklenburg in connection with cash-in transit robbery perpetrated, on Saturday, 25 November 2023 along R37 in Mecklenburg policing area under Sekhukhune District. His arrest brings the total of arrested suspects to five. Police are still hot on the heels of more suspects. He was found in possession of an undisclosed amount of money and a white Toyota Quantum reported to have been used during the robbery. He will soon appear before Tubatse Magistrate's Court facing murder case and robbery with aggravating circumstances. His four accomplices were identified as; Herbet Mbuyane (40), Albert Matemane (40), Victor Nonyane (37), and Prince Mdluli (34). They are facing charges of robbery with aggravating circumstances and murder. Their cases were postponed to 06 December 2023 for formal bail application and further police investigations. The arrest emanates after a group of suspects bombed a security company vehicle transporting money. In the process a security guard was fatally wounded. The suspects made off with an undisclosed amount of money. Members of the Provincial Tracking Team received information and operationalised instantly, they then traced the suspects. In the morning of Sunday, 26 November 2023, the vehicle fitting the description circulated, a white Hyundai Creta driven by the suspects, was spotted on the R40 outside Hazyview in Mpumalanga. Police attempted to stop the vehicle but the driver sped off. A high-speed chase ensued, until the driver stopped about 5 km outside Hazyview. Two suspects were searched and found in possession of used cartridges of an AK47 firearm and an undisclosed amount of cash. The suspects were arrested on the spot. Following more leads, the team proceeded to Limpopo at Burgersfort in Mashifane Park, where the third suspect, linked to the same case, was also arrested. He was driving in, one of the vehicles utilized during the cash-in-transit robbery. Police recovered an undisclosed amount of money and expensive clothes worth close to R50 000. Preliminary information indicates that the suspects were out on bail for a similar case, which occurred during 2018 in Sekhukhune District. The suspects will appear before Moroke Magistrate's Court on 22 January 2024 facing charges of robbery with aggravating circumstances and murder on the case that they were on bail previously. The police investigations are still continuing. Ends
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