A high-speed chase involving a private tracking company and police ended in a shoot-out on the N4 at the Walter Sisulu turn-off in eMalahleni yesterday morning, leaving one alleged robber dead and another wounded and in custody.

Witbank news reports that the incident followed a hijacking in Benoni, where five trucks loaded with copper were robbed.

According to police spokesperson Captain Eddie Hall, a tracking company located the hijacked vehicles near the Balmoral off-ramp, which triggered a pursuit.

The robbers were eventually cornered at the off-ramp.

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“During the confrontation, a shoot-out erupted between the tracking company and the suspects,” Hall says.

One suspect was fatally shot, while another sustained a gunshot wound to the leg and was arrested by members of the Witbank police.

The injured suspect was taken to a hospital, where he remains under police guard.

In addition to the five trucks, 11 firearms were also reported stolen during the initial hijacking.

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Hall confirmed that two of the trucks, along with their copper cargo, have since been recovered – one at the scene of the shoot-out and a second in Vosman.

A case of attempted murder and possession of stolen property has been opened, and Hall says that more arrests are possible as investigations continue.

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