Four men from Pretoria were denied bail and remanded in custody by the Alex Magistrates’ Court on 23 June.
The suspects were arrested after a high-speed chase some time last year after a repeat robbery at a Hyde Park home.
The gang was said to have gone to the home in a secured complex and held the owner at gunpoint before stealing some unspecified items and driving away without being detected by security at the gate.
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They allegedly returned to the house later the same day but this time dressed as police officers.
The owner let them in after they claimed to be following up on the robbery. Once inside, one of the accused pointed a gun at the homeowner before they again robbed the place and took a server for CCTV cameras which police suspect was what they were looking for.
As they left, they passed a police vehicle at the gate following up on the first robbery. The officers noticed them in police uniform but proceeded to the house where after being informed of the second robbery by the homeowner, immediately followed the men’s vehicle resulting in the high-speed chase.
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The robbers threw a gun out of their vehicle during the chase presumably to distract the police but were eventually stopped and arrested. Guns and items stolen from the house were recovered from their vehicle. The vehicle’s ownership wasn’t specified.
