The Hawks have arrested a Fidelity cash-in-transit crewman over a robbery near Cape Town International Airport. Investigators believe the robbery may have been an inside job.
The 40-year-old man was arrested at his home in Gugulethu on Thursday, 5 November 2026. The arrest was made by the Hawks’ Bellville National Priority Violent Crime team.
Hawks spokesperson Captain Zinzi Hani said investigators concluded that “the Cash in Transit Robbery appeared to have been staged”. According to the Hawks, “two of the Fidelity guards were believed to have been involved”.
The robbery took place in September 2025 in Borchards Quarry Road, Airport Industria. The Hawks said a warrant was issued on 30 October. This came after the Director of Public Prosecutions considered the completed investigation.
The prosecutor ruled that both the driver and the crewman should be arrested and charged. So far only the crewman is in custody.
“Tracing continues for the second person,” Hani said.
Hani explained how the robbery played out. The Fidelity crew was driving along Airport Approach Road towards its base in Parow Industria. A white Nissan bakkie then stopped in front of the armoured truck.
The truck crashed into the bakkie. When the driver tried to reverse, a white Toyota Fortuner blocked the truck from behind. A Volkswagen Polo also pulled up next to it.
Gunmen got out of the cars and fired shots at the truck. The guards ran away into nearby bushes.
Hani said one of the suspects caught the driver. “The driver was tackled by a suspect and searched,” she said. The suspect took the driver’s cellphone and R200 in cash.
Other suspects went to the armoured truck and placed explosives on it. They were interrupted when a Flying Squad vehicle drove past. The police officers in that vehicle were on their way to a shooting in Elsies River.
The suspects escaped in the Fortuner and the Nissan bakkie. They left the Polo behind at the scene.
“The VW Polo hatchback was set alight and completely burnt out,” Hani said. She added that an undisclosed amount of money was taken and was never recovered.
The case is not the only one of its kind. In a separate case, three Fidelity guards were arrested over an alleged inside job in Bloemfontein.
Cash-in-transit robberies remain a concern across the country. Almost 120 incidents were recorded in South Africa between January and mid-August 2026. This is according to figures from the Cash-In-Transit Association of South Africa.
Hani said the 40-year-old crewman appeared in the Bishop Lavis Magistrates’ Court on Friday, 6 November 2026. The case was postponed to 18 November for a bail application.
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