Acting station commander of the Ivory Park SAPS has welcomed the arrest of two men for a business robbery at Cash Crusaders in Tswelopele, Midrand.
Col Baba Mpotoane is positive that the duo’s arrest will bring down the number of robberies within the Ivory Park policing precinct.
“Information available to us indicates that the two may be responsible for a spate of other business robberies in our area and elsewhere,” said Mpotoane.
The two, aged 35 and 47, are alleged to have robbed the store of an undisclosed number of laptops and an unspecified amount of cash last month with a third person still at large. It is alleged that during the robbery, the three suspects came into the shop, told the woman manning the till that the store was being robbed and that anyone who dared to scream would be shot.
Ivory Park SAPS spokesperson Capt Bernard Matimulane said according to the victim, two of the suspects had firearms. The search for the third suspect is still ongoing.
“The two men were arrested in Kanana in the Rabie Ridge policing area on April 8 after police received a tip-off regarding their whereabouts. One was arrested at his home while the second one handed himself over to the police.
“The trio task team is following up very credible information that may tie the suspects to a spate of other similar robberies,” said Matimulane.
The vehicle that was used during the commission of the robberies had also been impounded.
