Manhunt after second Limpopo cash-in-transit heist

Police in Limpopo have launched a manhunt after a cash-in-transit vehicle was robbed of an undisclosed amount of money and weapons in the parking lot of Tzaneen Primary School on Wednesday morning.

It is believed six suspects, two allegedly in police uniforms, overpowered the guards from Letaba Security whilst they were collecting money at the school, Letaba Herald reported.

According to a witness the suspects were driving a white double-cab bakkie with tinted windows. Shots were fired into the air but no one was harmed.

This comes after a group of about 30 armed suspects attacked and robbed another cash-in-transit vehicle of an undisclosed amount in Tzaneen earlier today.

According to police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Moatshe Ngoepe, the incident happened at about 4am along Tarentaal and Nwamitwa roads near Bushvalley.

The suspects, who were traveling in more than six vehicles, led by a black BMW-X5 with a blue light on the roof, attacked two cash-in-transit vehicles. They shot at the vehicles with rifles until one of the vehicles overturned. Two security guards were seriously injured in the attack.

The other cash-in-transit vehicle left the road after the suspects shot at its wheels. Boxes of money were removed from the vehicle by the suspects.

The seriously injured security guards were admitted to hospital. The two guards who were in the second vehicle escaped unharmed.

The identities of the suspects are still unknown and no arrests have been made.

– Caxton News Service