By Agreement Mabunda
POLOKWANE-The four suspects aged between 34 and 40 arrested in connection with a cash-in-transit robbery that happened, on Saturday, 25 November 2023 along R37 in the Mecklenburg policing area under Sekhukhune District, have appeared before Tubatse Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday 28 November 2023.
The four suspects were identified as; Herbet Mbuyane,(40), Albert Matemane,(40), Victor Nonyane, (37), and Prince Mdluli,(34). The suspects are facing charges of robbery with aggravating circumstances and murder. Their cases were postponed to 06 December 2023 for formal bail application and further police investigations.
The arrest occurred after a group of suspects bombed a security company vehicle transporting money. In the process, a security guard was fatally wounded. Suspects made off with an undisclosed amount of money.
Members of the Provincial Tracking Team received information and operationalised instantly, they then traced the suspects.
On the morning of Sunday, 26 November 2023, the described vehicle a white Hyundai Creta driven by the suspects, was spotted on the R40 outside Hazyview in Mpumalanga. Police tried to stop the vehicle but it sped off. They chased the vehicle until the driver stopped about 5 km outside Hazyview. Two suspects were searched and found in possession of used cartridges of an AK47 firearm and an undisclosed amount of cash. The suspects were immediately arrested.
Following more leads, the team proceeded to Limpopo at Burgersfort in Mashifane Park, wherein, the third suspect linked to the same case was also arrested. He was driving in, one of the vehicles utilized during the cash-in-transit robbery. Police recovered an undisclosed amount of money and expensive clothes worth close to R50 000. Preliminary information indicates that the suspects were on bail for a similar case, which occurred in 2018 in Sekhukhune District.
The suspects will appear before Moroke Magistrate’s court on 22 January 2024 facing charges of robbery with aggravating circumstances and murder on the case that they were on bail previously.
