A tip-off has led police to arrest 10 men red-handed during an Isando business robbery this morning (Wednesday) around 6am.
The police reacted swiftly to an anonymous call to catch three of the men at the gate while their accomplices were still loading flat screen TVs to the back of a truck.
A bakkie that had already been loaded sped-off, leaving the other suspects stranded on the premises of the Monteer Street warehouse for the police to disarm them and make the arrest.
Kempton Park SAPS spokesperson Capt Jethro Mtshali said, “This industrial area has been victim to numerous business robberies the past couple of months so we are happy and proud of the swift response by the patrolling officers who arrived at the scene immediately to arrest the suspects while they were in action.”
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Mtshali said the officers who were first on the scene also established that the security guard was tied up while the suspects were committing the crime.
“Our station commander, Brig Samuel Marede, is very proud of the citizen who provided the tip-off and the officers who showed great leadership,” Mtshali concluded.
