Six suspected CIT robbers killed in shoot-out with police in Pretoria

Police believed to have foiled suspected robbers' plans to rob CIT vehicle

February 24, 2025 at 08:48 pm

The suspects had advertised a vehicle online but the buyer suspected the sellers were the ones who attacked and robbed his friend of cash on August 4 after he had responded to a similar advert. Stock photo. (123RF/Paul Fleet)

Six suspected cash-in-transit (CIT) robbers were killed in a shoot-out with police on Monday in Laudium, Pretoria.

Speaking to the media at the crime scene, Gauteng deputy provincial commissioner Maj-Gen Fred Kekana said the suspects were traced through a multidisciplinary intelligence operation which had detected that the suspects were intending to rob a CIT vehicle in Pretoria.

Kekana said police have also established that one of the vehicles used by the suspects was hijacked in Cleveland in December.

The suspects have already been linked to several CIT heists in different parts of the country, he said.

Kekana commended the police for a job well done.

It’s believed that a safehouse has been found in Laudium. The gang were apparently planning to rob a CIT vehicle east of the city. https://t.co/v7FA4BWYff pic.twitter.com/cWHCdKrFhy
— Yusuf Abramjee (@Abramjee) February 24, 2025