Cape Town men held for alleged cigarette hijack

Cape Town men held for alleged cigarette hijack

Two men were arrested on Wednesday morning after allegedly hijacking a delivery truck transporting cigarettes in Cape Town, Western Cape police said.

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The men, aged 28 and 32, were arrested in Pinelands, said Constable Noloyiso Rwexana.

 

They were expected to appear on a hijacking charge in the Wynberg Magistrate's Court on Thursday.

 

On Monday morning, the men allegedly approached a truck driver delivering cigarettes to a Mowbray liquor store on the corner of Durban and Raapenberg roads.

 

The men apparently threatened the driver with a knife, forced him into his vehicle, and drove off with him.

 

They later off-loaded the cigarettes into a Toyota Conquest with false registration plates and fled.

 

 

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