Five suspected cash in transit (CIT) robbers were killed in a shoot-out with police in Witbank on Wednesday.
Police and private security officers received information about an attempted CIT robbery that had just occurred in Witbank.
“They followed the suspects to a safe house at Tasbet Park. While approaching the house, the suspects who were already dispersing, driving in a Toyota Quantum, saw the police and started shooting.
“Police returned fire and five were declared dead on the scene, eight others were arrested while about nine fled,” police spokesperson Lt-Col Mavela Masondo.
The team recovered five rifles, including three AK47s, two pistols and four vehicles, three of them hijacked in Gauteng and another with a fake engine number.
“The suspects will be charged with murder, attempted murder and possession of prohibited and unlicensed firearms and ammunition.”
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Five suspected robbers shot after botched CIT heist in Witbank
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Five suspected cash in transit (CIT) robbers were killed in a shoot-out with police in Witbank on Wednesday.
Police and private security officers received information about an attempted CIT robbery that had just occurred in Witbank.
“They followed the suspects to a safe house at Tasbet Park. While approaching the house, the suspects who were already dispersing, driving in a Toyota Quantum, saw the police and started shooting.
“Police returned fire and five were declared dead on the scene, eight others were arrested while about nine fled,” police spokesperson Lt-Col Mavela Masondo.
The team recovered five rifles, including three AK47s, two pistols and four vehicles, three of them hijacked in Gauteng and another with a fake engine number.
“The suspects will be charged with murder, attempted murder and possession of prohibited and unlicensed firearms and ammunition.”
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