Ram courier delivery van hijacked
The suspect pointed a double-barrel shotgun at them
WHITE RIVER – A Ram Courier delivery van was hijacked and the staff were held hostage last Tuesday morning. According to the driver of the vehicle, he and two other staff members were driving on the
R537 from White River towards Sabie.
At about 09:30, a white Etios drove up behind them. The Etios overtook the panel van and drove next to the driver’s side. One of the three occupants pointed a double-barrel shotgun at them. “The vehicle veered in front of us and we stopped.” Two of the men got out the vehicle, the staff noticed that another suspect was pointing a firearm at them.
“They kept shouting at us not to press the panic button.” They got into the front of the vehicle and the man carrying the shotgun pushed the driver out his seat and started to drive the van. “They kept telling us to look down and not to look at them.”
They drove for what seemed like about 15 kilometres when they veered off the road into a clearing in the bush.
They stopped the vehicle and proceeded to empty the van of its packages. “After they finished, the men forced us into the back, locked us in and took the keys.” The driver added that was when he pressed the panic button. Ram Couriers’ Ms Leoni du Preez refused to comment regarding the incident as their legal department was busy with the matter.
Read more here: Suspects in court for brutal hijacking
