Ivory Park Police Station has welcomed the arrest of two men on 8 April who were allegedly involved in a business robbery which took place at a well-known pawn shop in Tswelopele on 19 March this year.
The acting Station Commander, Colonel Baba Mpotoane said he was positive that the arrest of the two suspects would help bring down the number of robberies in the Ivory Park policing precinct.
Mpotoane added that information available to them indicated that the two may be responsible for a spate of other business robberies in the area and elsewhere.
Ivory Park Police Station spokesperson, Captain Bernard Matimulane said the pair, aged 35 and 47, were alleged to have, together with a third person who is still at large, robbed a store of an undisclosed number of laptops and an unspecified amount of cash in March.
“It is alleged that during the robbery the three suspects came into the shop, notified the lady manning the till that they were being robbed, and that anyone who dared to scream would be shot. The victim reported that two of the suspects had firearms,” he added.
Matimulane said the search for the third suspect was still ongoing and the police were confident that he, like his alleged accomplices, would answer to charges of business robbery.
He added that the two suspects were arrested in Kanana, Rabie Ridge policing area 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 immediately after realising that the police would soon arrest him, whether he handed himself over or not.
“The trio task team responsible for the investigation and arrest are hard at work, and are following very credible information that may tie the suspects to a spate of other similar robberies in the area and beyond.”
Matimulane said the vehicle suspected to have been used during the commission of the robbery was also impounded. “The two men are expected to appear in the Tembisa Magistrates’ Court soon to face robbery charges.”
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