Tip-off foils a business robbery and kidnapping of a foreign businessman.

On Friday 30 June 2023 at about 18:30 members attached to National Intervention Task Team received information of two vehicles (Mercedes Benz and white Polo) that will enter Bellville to commit a business robbery and to kidnap a foreign business man.

The information was operationalized and the vehicles were intercepted at Old Paarl Road, Bellville, and near a petrol station in Oakglen, Bellville respectively by the members.

In Old Paarl Road the members arrested four males aged 31, 37, 38 and 48 for possession of an unlicensed firearm. A .38 revolver without a serial number was found between the front seats in the car.

In Oakglen three males aged 33, 39 and 58 respectively in the Polo were arrested for possession of state property (SAPS reflector jackets and three SAPS baseball caps).

They are due to appear in court once charged….


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