Prasa employees to appear in court for attempted robbery
Employees from embattled Passenger
Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) are expected to appear in the Pretoria
Magistrate Courts on Friday.
The 14 employees were arrested on the early hours of Wednesday morning.
The suspects are facing charges of attempted business robbery.
The police's Colette Weilbach says police were alerted by security personnel at Prasa about a business robbery taking place at agency's offices.
"Brooklyn SAPS responded immediately and found employees of Prasa on the premises. The employees showed the police their Prasa employment cards and said they are checking on security personnel. According to them the security personnel are doing their work and have a tendency to sleep on duty."
Police continued to monitor the area and later received a call from the University of Pretoria alerting them of a business robbery taking place at Prasa premises.
The police found security personnel tied up by the same Prasa employees who claimed they are checking up on the security guards.
Police arrested 13 people on the scene.
"The two firearms that were used by the gang was were confiscated. Further investigations indicated the gang tried to steal Prasa’s Toyota Quantum buses."
A 14th suspected was arrested in a get-away car.
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