Cops gun down alleged cash-in-transit robbers near Mandeni
The men were suspected of being part of a syndicate responsible for ATM-bombings and armed robberies across the province.
Police continued their crackdown on cash-in-transit robbers this afternoon when two men were shot and killed on the N2 near Mandeni.
According to IPSS Medical Rescue’s Dylan Meyrick, this is the third shooting on this stretch of highway this week.
On Monday the Courier reported on police from the National Intervention Unit (NIU) catching up with three men south of the Tugela River bridge. The men were killed after they began firing at detectives in an unmarked car.
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“Today’s shooting was about eight kilometers further north from Monday,” said Meyrick.
According to KwaDukuza SAPS spokesperson constable Sibusiso Khuzwayo, members of the SAPS provincial task team, including the NIU tracked down the men following a tip off.
They were suspected of being part of a syndicate responsible for ATM-bombings and armed robberies across the province.
After the chase and shootout police recovered two handguns: one 9mm and one 38 special. The highway was temporarily closed.
Yesterday three men suspected of bank robbery were also shot dead on the N2 near Mandeni.
This brings the death toll for suspected armed robbers to eight this week. No police have been wounded in the exchanges.
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