Armed robber arrested after shootout with police

Armed robber arrested after shootout with police
Armed robber arrested after shootout with police

The use of fire arms when crimes are committed cannot be acceptable in any community. The SAPS are focused and determined to eradicate these crimes as the protection of the lives of our community is a priority.

On the morning of 5 July 2017 at about 02:40, members of the Motherwell Operational Command Centre and Kwadwesi police traced one such a suspect which was involved in several armed robbery cases in the Motherwell Cluster Stations area.

Their tracing took them to Greenfields in Booysens Park where the suspect came out of a shack dwelling with guns blazing, shooting several shots at the police members. The SAPS members fired one shot back at the suspect in the process and through tactical procedures affected the arrest.

Nobody was injured during the shooting. The 32-year-old suspect was arrested and his 9mm fire arm confiscated.

He will be appearing before the New Brighton Magistrates’ Court on 6 June to face his previous robbery cases as well as this attempted murder charge for shooting at police.

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SOURCESouth African Police Service