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Ten Suspects, including Zimbabwean nationals were arrested for attempted murder and business robbery. Image: JMPD

Ten suspects busted for attempted murder and robbery

Ten Suspects, including Zimbabwean nationals were arrested for attempted business robbery.

JMPD officers video

Ten Suspects, including Zimbabwean nationals were arrested for attempted murder and business robbery. Image: JMPD

Ten male suspects, four South Africans and six Zimbabwean nationals were rested for attempted murder and business robbery on Friday 27 January 2023.

The Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department (JMPD) IIOC Undercover Reaction Unit together with the SAPS Crime Intelligence arrested the suspects for attempted murder, conspiracy to commit a business robbery, impersonating Department of Labour officials, contravention of the immigration act, fraud and possession of illegal firearms in Eikenhof, south of Johannesburg.

SIX ZIMBABWEANS NABBED FOR ATTEMPTED MURDER AND BUSINESS ROBBERY

One of the vehicles the suspects used in their attempted murder and business robbery in Johannesburg. Image: Facebook/JMPD

JMPD Spokesperson Xolani Fihla said the officers had received information regarding a syndicate intending to commit a business robbery at Golden Fry Factory in Eikenhof, which produces cooking oil.

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SUSPECTS MURDER AND ROBBERY PLANS FOILED

“According to reports received, the group would be travelling in four (4) vehicles which consisted of two Volkswagen Polos, a white Ford Ranger, and a white Toyota Quantum, and they will be allegedly armed.”

Xolani Fihla

On Friday, 27 January 2023, the operational team proceeded to where they waited in strategic places, Fihla said.

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“While monitoring, the officers spotted two (2) white Volkswagen Polos fitted with Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) and Department of Labour branding on the doors; one of the Volkswagen Polos had a Gauteng Province Government numberplate affixed to it. They also spotted a black BMW 1 series and a blue Toyota Corolla.”

Xolani Fihla

The team noticed the vehicles approaching the factory as they kept watching.

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SHOOT-OUT BROKE OUT BETWEEN THE SUSPECTS AND JMPD

“A shootout broke out as the officers strategically approached and intercepted the suspects. The shootout did not result in any injuries to the suspects or members of the operations team. Ten male suspects, including four South African and six Zimbabwean nationals, were arrested.”

Xolani Fihla

According to Fihla, the suspects had four firearms with serial numbers filed off in their possession.

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JMPD also confiscated reflector jackets and cards from the Department of Labour.

The suspects were detained at Mondeor SAPS on multiple charges and are due to appear in court soon.

In an unrelated incident, 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

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

The RUSA team also recovered the cash box and only one robber got away.

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