Kwa-Thema – The EMPD urges the community to refrain from looting at the scenes of cash-in-transit (CIT) heists.
The warning follows an incident on Saturday morning where officers from the EMPD Intervention and Community Liaison units responded to a CIT heist in Kwa-Thema.
The officers received information about the crime in progress on Vlakfontein Road. On arrival, they found vehicles burning and many community members looting the cash from the CIT vehicle.
@african_reporter The aftermath of the cash-in-transit heist on Vlakfontein Road, Kwa-Thema. #Cashheist #kwathema
The EMPD urges the community to avoid being caught at these crime scenes, as looting money is a criminal offence.
Members of the community also endanger themselves because these situations are violent by nature.
No arrests were made.
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