It was the end of life for one of the cash-in-transit robber. One suspect died and eight other suspects were arrested after police foiled a cash-in-transit heist in Johannesburg on Friday afternoon. Five other suspects are still being sought by police. “Following an intelligence-driven operation, police thwarted plans by a group of men who had..
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Cash-in-transit heist:- Vehicle caught fire and burnt robber to death, 8 others arrested, karma at it’s best
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Brits police officer was arrested last week for his alleged involvement in a cash-in-transit heist
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A Brits police officer was arrested last week for his alleged involvement in a cash-in-transit heist that was planned for last week, the Hawks confirmed this week. Hawks spokesperson, Captain Tlangelani Rikhotso, said Sergeant Marothi Letsoalo (36) from the Brits police station, faces charges of conspiracy to commit robbery, possession of an unlicensed/prohibited firearm and..
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Confirmed – ANC’s Luthuli House HQ employee arrested for cash-in-transit heists in Gauteng
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The ANC on Wednesday confirmed the arrest of one of its employees allegedly involved in “serious crimes”.
This comes after Johannesburg Mayor Herman Mashaba made a claim that one of the suspects arrested in a recent cash-in-transit heist in Dobsonville, Soweto was an employee at the ANC’s Luthuli House headquarters.
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Minister Mapisa-Nqakula reveals that SANDF rifle linked to cash-in-transit heist
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Some South African National Defence Force (SANDF) officials fall foul of the law by losing or stealing official firearms and ammunition, and at least one of these weapons has ended up being used during a cash-in-transit heist, Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula revealed this week.
She was responding to a parliamentary question by FF Plus leader and MP Pieter Groenewald.
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Watch: Cape Town cash-in-transit heist captured on camera
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Wet bank notes lay stuck to the tarmac around a badly damaged G4S cash-in-transit van after it was shot at and blown up with commercial explosives on a busy motorway in Cape Town on Monday.
Police spokesperson Lieutenant-Colonel Brenda Muridili confirmed that there had been a cash-in-transit heist on Jakes Gerwel Drive (formerly Vanguard Drive).
Explosives similar to those used in CIT heists stolen from Zululand Anthracite Colliery
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Nine boxes of 25kg gel explosives were taken, a source said, which are used in ‘blowing up ATMs, drop safes and cash-in-transit armoured vehicles’. More than 200 kilograms of gel explosives, thought to be similar to those used in cash-in-transit heists, have been stolen from the Zululand Anthracite Colliery (ZAC) in KwaZulu-Natal. The African News..
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Two cash-in-transit vans bombed in Boksburg heist
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Five people have been arrested in connection with a cash-in-transit heist which happened in Boksburg‚ Ekurhuleni on Thursday.
Police spokesperson Captain Mavela Masondo told TimesLIVE at the scene on Atlas Road that the police’s speedy response to the heist resulted in the quick arrest.
“It is alleged that more than 10 suspects who were driving in four vehicles approached two G4S security vans‚” said Masondo.
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Politicians stifle murder investigations
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The investigation into the murder of former ANC Youth League secretary general Sindiso Magaqa has stalled and may never yield results, say highly placed intelligence sources, with one explaining that politicians have issued instructions to stop the inquiry. “The people who were involved are known and there is little police can do about it. We..
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