cash-in-transit robbers arrested KZN

Two Mozambican nationals were arrested following a cash-in-transit-robbery in Verulam KwaZulu-Natal. Image. Facebook/RUSA

Mozambican nationals arrested for cash-in-transit robbery: KZN

Two Mozambican nationals were arrested following a cash-in-transit-robbery in Verulam KwaZulu-Natal.

cash-in-transit robbers arrested KZN

Two Mozambican nationals were arrested following a cash-in-transit-robbery in Verulam KwaZulu-Natal. Image. Facebook/RUSA

Two Mozambican nationals were arrested by members of the Reaction Unit South Africa (RUSA) following a cash-in-transit robbery Saturday morning at about 09:18, 28 January 2023.

MOZAMBICANS ARRESTED FOR CASH-IN-TRANSIT ROBBERY

A Mozambican national is arrested by RUSA members after a cash-in-transit robbery in Verulam, KwaZulu-Natal. Image: Facebook/RUSA

The arrests followed a sequence of events that started with a cash-in-transit robbery on Ireland Street in the Verulam CBD, Kwazulu-Natal.

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According to RUSA, the robbers, who was identified as Mozambican nationals, fled on foot with a cash box.

“They then hijacked a champagne-coloured Toyota Corolla and sped off. While traveling on Wick Street, the getaway vehicle struck a 57-year-old pedestrian.”

RUSA

ROBBERS HIJACKED TWO VEHICLES AND HIT A PEDESTRIAN

RUSA members recovered a cash box which was stolen during a cash-in-transit robbery. Image: Facebook/RUSA

RUSA reported that the robbers continued driving and collided with a white Toyota Hiace at the Wick & Ireland Street intersection. The taxi plummeted several meters down an embankment.

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Witnesses contacted RUSA after they noticed armed suspects exiting the Toyota Corolla and hijacking a black Volkswagen Golf, and they drove away on the M27 in the direction of Waterloo. Reaction Officers converged on the initial scene and recovered the money box.

Two and a half hours later, after an extensive search,, a RUSA team spotted the black Golf stationary near the Waterloo Phase 6 entrance. Two of the cash-in-transit robbers were in the vehicle.

In an attempt to get away after a cash-in-transit robbery three Mozambican nationals hit this minibus and drove it off the road. Image: KwaZulu-Natal

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Two suspects alighted from the vehicle and fled in different directions. Officers split up and requested additional backup. After a search of the sugar cane plantation five kilometers from the initial scene, RUSA members arrested one robber.

According to RUSA the second suspect fled through a bush and attempted to evade arrest while running through properties.

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The Mozambican nationals hijacked this vehicle and hit a pedestrian in their rush to get away from a cash-in-transit robbery scene in KwaZulu-Natal. Image: Facebook/RUSA

“A RUSA member observed the robber’s movements from an elevated position and directed other officers to his location via two-way radio. The suspect was located hiding in a bush. Both robbers are Mozambican nationals.”

RUSA

The robbers are under arrest at the Verulam police station. A third suspect and the black Golf is still at large.

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