Second suspect in botched supermarket arrested and stolen car recovered
19 June 2016 - 18:45
Police have arrested a second suspect and recovered a stolen BMW used in a botched robbery at a supermarket in the Roodepoort area west of Johannesburg on Friday.The second suspect was arrested in Krugersdorp‚ police said on Twitter.The foiled robbery led police to discover a stolen cigarette stash worth an estimated R200‚000‚ which was discovered along with a signal jammer in a mini-bus which was also used in the attempted robbery and seized by police on Friday.During the pursuit of the robbers‚ one suspect was arrested. Police also seized six firearms at the time‚ one of which was linked to a previous robbery...
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