AFTER picking up his daughter from Curro Serengeti, a Glen Marais father was not prepared for what followed when he drove into a crime in progress.
According to the resident, a large number of robbers were unloading cellphones, allegedly to the value of R4-million, from a truck that was robbed at gunpoint near Kanye Vimba Trading in Plumbago Business Park and Plumbago Logistics Park, on June 10.
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As the father and daughter approached the four-way intersection at the John Deere factory at the back of Glen Eagle Estate, close to the business park, at around 11:45am he saw heavily armed men and realised too late what was going on.
While he was informing Kempton Park SAPS on his phone, the men spotted him and gave chase in a white A-class Mercedes, while firing shots at his Toyota Hilux bakkie.
He told his daughter to get down on the floor and raced along Monument Road, in the hope of losing the perpetrators.
Two shots were fired into the driver’s door, but luckily the bullets were partially stopped by the smash-and-grab tinting on the window, that was rolled down. He lost the robbers close to the Engen garage on the corner of Blinkblaar and Monument roads. No one sustained any injuries.
“The driver of the escort service apparently noticed at OR Tambo International Airport that not all safety procedures were followed when he met up with the driver of the targeted truck. He escorted the valuable load to Plumbago Business Park where the truck was robbed 500m from the entrance,” said the resident’s neighbour and friend, who wants to remain anonymous.
According to Kempton Park SAPS spokesperson, Capt Jethro Mtshali, a case of armed robbery and attempted murder is under investigation.
The Glen Marais resident and his daughter would also like to remain anonymous.
