Police in the Western Cape has now initiated a 72-hour activation plan to hunt down other suspects who were involved in the cash-in-transit heist on the N7 on-ramp along the N1 freeway near Goodwood on Tuesday, 18 January.
According to the Hawks’ spokesperson, Lt Col Robert Netshiunda, reports suggest that a Jeep that was driving along the N7 stopped abruptly in the middle of the road, causing a light delivery vehicle to collide with the cash van.
Netshiunda said this is when the suspects allegedly used explosives to blow the safe open. One vehicle is reported to have caught fire during the robbery.
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Netshiunda further explained that officers attached to Durban’s National Intervention Unit responded to the robbery, and during the shootout, one suspect sustained a gunshot wound, whilst the other injured himself during the explosion.
“Both the security guard and the driver of the cash van also sustained gunshot injuries during the ordeal and were taken to hospital for treatment. A 9mm pistol with ammunition was recovered at the scene, “Netshiunda added.
Meanwhile, a total of four suspects, aged between 21 and 42 years old were arrested and will appear before the Goodwood Magistrates’ Court soon on charges of a cash-in-transit heist, attempted murder, illegal possession of firearm and ammunition as well as possession of an explosive device.
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