Police have asked the public not to help themselves to money lying around or tamper with active crime scenes.
This follows a cash in transit robbery near the Mandela sports complex in Hammanskraal on Wednesday morning.
The driver and his two crew members were driving along Hamman Road from the N1 freeway at 7.45am when they were intercepted by a group of armed suspects who rammed into the cash van with a silver Mercedes-Benz C180.
Public help themselves to money after cash-in-transit heist in Hammanskraal
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Police have asked the public not to help themselves to money lying around or tamper with active crime scenes.
This follows a cash in transit robbery near the Mandela sports complex in Hammanskraal on Wednesday morning.
The driver and his two crew members were driving along Hamman Road from the N1 freeway at 7.45am when they were intercepted by a group of armed suspects who rammed into the cash van with a silver Mercedes-Benz C180.
“It is alleged the suspects fired at the guards and then blew up the cash van before they fled with an undisclosed amount of money. The suspects reportedly fled the scene in a white Ford Ranger,” said police spokesperson Lt-Col Amanda van Wyk.
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