Several security companies and others took hands and arrested seven suspects of a cash in transit robbery.
West Rand CI released information they received about a planned cash in transit robbery at the post office in Belfast and they together with Crime Intelligence head office, Ekhureni Tactical Team, MavCorp Mpumalanga, Roman Alarms Tactical Unit, Badboys and Fidelity Specialised Services and a pilot of Fidelity discussed an operation to catch the suspects.
All the role players met in eMalahleni (Witbank) on 5 June and discussed the tactical plan.
Crime Intelligence conducted surveillance on the suspects and tactical operations got compromised and the suspects decided to pull out.
The teams then decided to arrest the suspects.
MavCorp Mpumalanga and Roman Alarms intercepted and two suspects were arrested in a Polo with one firearm in Belfast.
About 20km further, another three suspects were arrested on the N4 highway and three firearms were found with them and another two suspects were arrested in a Polo with
two live tracer rounds and a Free State numberplate underneath the seat.
There were initially four suspects in the vehicle but two of them fled.
The police and the CIT task team are investigating the case.
