Two men appeared in the Vereeniging Magistrate’s Court this week in connection with a spate of mall robberies in Pretoria and elsewhere in the province.
The matter was postponed to 14 November for further investigation.
Collin Moyo (31) and Kaizer Dube (42) were arrested about two weeks ago by members of the police’s Crime Intelligence Division and the Tactical Operation and Management Section in Gauteng.
“At the time of their arrest for a robbery in the Vaal, the two, who are believed to be members of a gang, were already on the list of wanted suspects in connection with the robbery of another shop in Irene,” police spokesman Lt-Gen Solomon Makgale said.
“They were arrested hours after the Vaal Mall robbery, south of Johannesburg.”
A third alleged robber was arrested in Olifantsfontein after a high-speed chase. He was driving an Audi found to have been stolen in a robbery in Secunda, Mpumalanga.
Makgale said the third man would appear in the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court on Friday (7 November) on two charges of robbery and possession of a stolen motor vehicle.
“The three are expected to appear in court together soon, once all the dockets in their cases have been consolidated.”
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