‘Significant breakthrough’ as Hawks arrest cash-in-transit heist suspect
Police have arrested one of the most wanted suspects in the series of cash-in-transit heists that have rocked various parts of the country.
Hailing the arrest as a significant breakthrough, police say the man was nabbed after spending the past to years on the run.
The suspect - who was arrested in Bloemfontein on Thursday - is linked several cash-in-transit heists and as well as a murder in Mpumalanga.
The Hawks’ Hangwani Mulaudzi says the suspect fled after he was granted bail in the murder case in 2016.
Police have been looking for him ever since.
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"We are happy with this arrest, as he was one of those people we have been linking to various cash-in-transits in the country. That information we will only be able to divulge once we finalise all our internalised processes," Mulaudzi says.
The suspect, who has been described as a possible kingpin, was arrested after police swooped on a gang while they were allegedly in the process of planning another cash-in-transit heist.
A subsequent shoot-out between the gang and police officers left one of the other suspects dead.
The suspect appeared in the Delmas Magistrates Court on the charges of murder, attempted murder, possession of fire arms and ammunition, possession of explosives and suspected stolen property.
The case been remanded to August and he remains in custody