A criminology lecturer has provided insight into the minds of 40 gun-toting thugs who have executed brazen cash-in-transit heists after she picked their brains for research.
Precision, bribes, secret meetings and planning: these are the strategies, according to criminology lecturer Dr Mahlogonolo Thobane, that convicted robbers speak of when detailing the execution of cash-in-transit heists.
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The discovery on Monday night came after at least three cash van robberies on Monday, including one at the Jabulani Mall in Soweto.
The Ekurhuleni Metro Police (EMPD) have seized a significant amount of money at a house in Langaville on the East Rand but are unable to confirm whether it’s the proceeds of cash-in-transit heists.
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Two suspects were arrested in the early hours of yesterday morning during an intelligence-driven operation comprising of various disciplines of the SAPS, both from police Head Office as well as Limpopo Province. The team followed up on intelligence that two suspects, aged 17 and 35 years, were smuggling arms into South Africa through the border..
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