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An Eastern Cape cash-in-transit truck driver has been arrested for allegedly being part of a plot by 15 heavily armed men who attacked and robbed the cash van he was driving last Friday, before making off with more than R6 million in cash.
The Hawks announced that 43-year-old Simphiwe Twanya, a security guard at the SBV cash company, appeared in the Gqeberha Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday in connection with the cash-in-transit robbery.
He will remain in custody until 14 July 2021 when he will bring a bail application.
An insider close to the investigation said the gang made off with R6.9 million in cash.
By Simtembile Mgidi - 08 July 2021 A security guard has been arrested in connection with a cash-in-transit heist at Cleary Park Image: 123RF/ BELCHONOK
A SBV security guard has been arrested in connection with the cash-in-transit heist at Cleary Park earlier this month.
Simphiwe Twanya, 43, appeared in the magistrate s court in Gqeberha on Wednesday Hawks captain Yolsa Mqolodela said.
“It is alleged that on July 2 at about 5:25am, three security guards were at a service station in Cleary Park Estate to load cash into automatic teller machines (ATM) when they were accosted by a group of unknown armed suspects,” Mgolodela said.
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