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Mkhuze CIT heist, van bombed, guard shot, Hawks arrest 6 suspects

South African Police Service

Mkhuze CIT heist, van bombed, guard shot, Hawks arrest 6 suspects
Mkhuze CIT heist, van bombed, guard shot, Hawks arrest 6 suspects

Six suspects aged between 36 and 48 are expected to appear in the Ubombo Magistrate’s court on 30 September 2021, for cash-in-transit heist which happened at Mkhuze on Monday, 27 September 2021.

It is alleged that a cash van was travelling on the N2 near Mkhuze when it was ambushed by unknown suspects.

They knocked it off the road and a group of suspects allegedly approached it and fired shots at the security guards injuring one of them. They robbed them of their service pistols and used explosives to blow the back of the van.

The suspects fled the scene with an undisclosed amount of cash.

A case of cash-in-transit heist was reported at Mkhuze police station and the case docket was allocated to Hawks members from Serious Organised Crime Investigation.

In the early hours of Tuesday morning the six suspects were arrested at Esikhaleni area.

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