Gang members that stole an ATM caught
Police made a major breakthrough on Thursday last week when they arrested four suspects in connection with a robbery at the Total Filling Station in Giyani.
A few months ago, a group of about ten suspects allegedly entered the garage, held the security guards inside the guardroom at gunpoint, and ordered them to lie down. They then tied them up, loaded an ATM Express machine containing an undisclosed amount of cash onto a Ford Ranger bakkie and fled the scene with it.
The security officers and staff who were tied up were found by their coworkers reporting for duty the next morning. During an operation held last Thursday night until the early hours of Friday by members of the Provincial Tracking Team in collaboration with the Murder and Robbery Unit, four suspects were traced to different locations in Giyani.
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The debris of an ATM and the Ford Ranger bakkie that was allegedly used during the robbery were also recovered. All the suspects are expected to appear in Giyani Magistrate Court facing charges of robbery and malicious property damage.
Meanwhile, the police are still looking for the remaining suspects who are suspected to be part of the gang that is behind ATM robberies across the Mopani district. Anyone with information that can assist in the tracing of the remaining suspects, can contact W O Phaladi Makola at 082 749 2233, or Lt Col Richard Boshomane at 079 894 5501, or contact the crime stop number at 08600 10111.
