An alarming video has surfaced on Facebook showing two young men pushing their way out of an apparently unattended police vehicle, with the public watching in full view.
According to Lt Col Thulani Zwane, spokesman for KZN SAPS, Crime Prevention members arrested two young men for the possession of a dangerous and unlicensed weapon, while on patrol in Pinetown yesterday.
The incident seems to have taken place in one of Pinetown’s busiest streets, Stanfield Road/Lane.
“It is alleged that the men were assisted by another man, who opened the bottom latch of the back door of the vehicle, which allowed the two men to push the door open and escape,” said Zwane.
The video was taken by a shop owner. The police vehicle was parked outside his business. He wrote on his Facebook page that the police looked dumpstruck when they returned to the police van and that one of the robbers even had time to latch the door.
Zwane said there have been no arrests but the matter is under investigation.
