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Fidelity security guard Josias Lekgoathe almost pulled off the perfect heist when he allegedly loaded R4.5m into the back of his bakkie and never returned to work.
Hijacked vehicles seized as Hawks foil ‘planned CIT heist’ in North West 12 May 2021 - 10:13 A husband and wife are expected to appear in the Tlhabane magistrate’s court on Wednesday in connection with possession of stolen property and conspiracy to commit crime. Stock photo. Image: 123RF/scanrail
The owner of an alleged “safe house” to be used after a planned cash-in-transit (CIT) heist and his wife have been arrested and three hijacked vehicles seized in the North West.
Hawks spokesperson Capt Lloyd Ramovha said a team including the police special task force, crime intelligence, Johannesburg metro police and flying squad pounced on the house in Teme section, Marikana on Monday. They were acting on information about “a possible CIT robbery that was still at the planning stage”.
The driver asks his colleague to cock his rifle as bullets slam into the CIT vehicle. Screenshot. Image: Yusuf Abramjee/Twitter
Hair-raising footage recorded inside a cash-in-transit vehicle under attack on a busy Pretoria road has put a spotlight on the war-like scenarios faced by security officers in SA.
In the three-minute-long video, a security officer is driving with a colleague. Both are wearing bulletproof vests. Several loud bangs signal they are under attack and the driver, who keeps a cool head throughout the ordeal, immediately takes evasive action.
A volley of bullets hits the Land Cruiser but the driver manoeuvres through traffic to escape. His bulletproof side window is partially shattered. He instructs his colleague to grab a rifle and cock it as the chase continues.
Assault rifles were recovered following a shoot-out in Stellenbosch with cash-in-transit robbers. Image: Sourced
A cash-in-transit heist which started in Macassar, Cape Town, on Thursday ended in a shoot-out with the police in Stellenbosch.
Reports emerged at midday of a heist at the Macassar shopping centre involving several robbers armed with assault rifles.
Videos, purportedly depicting the heist, showed men unloading bags from an armoured cash-in-transit van while others pointed firearms at the vehicle’s occupants.
The shopping centre is adjacent to the Macassar police station.
Videos making the rounds of the cash-in-transit heist in Macassar, Cape Town earlier today. Robbers armed with assault rifles were reportedly arrested in Stellenbosch after a police chase. Story to follow @TimesLIVEpic.twitter.com/WrcNRtetPF Aron Hyman (@aron hyman) April 29, 2021