Cleveland police foil business robbery in Heriotdale
The sergeants arrested the seven suspects for armed business robbery and detained them at Cleveland Police Station.
Seven suspects were charged with armed business robbery after they allegedly robbed a business located on Whitworth Road in Heriotdale.
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Communication officer for Cleveland Police Station Captain Johan Jordaan said the suspects were arrested during the early hours of February 6 after committing the crime the night before.
He said the suspects gained entry to the property after they, at gunpoint, forced the security guard on duty to open the gate.
Once the gate was open the guard was held at gunpoint inside the guard room.
Jordaan said the suspects drove three vehicles into the property, opened a container with new and old tyres and loaded these tyres onto the vehicles.
He said Cleveland SAPS was notified of the armed robbery at 00:20.
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“Sergeant’s Mokami and Motoa responded and upon arrival spotted three men fleeing on foot,” said Jordaan.
He said the officers caught seven men offloading tyres from the container onto a truck inside the company premises.
“One FAW Truck and a Nissan truck were already fully loaded.”
Jordaan said these two trucks, full of truck tyres and a Hyundai H100 utility vehicle were recovered during the arrest.
The value of the recovered new and second-hand truck tyres is about R700 000.
The robbers also broke into another truck on the premises where new Ford parts, destined for the Ford factory in Silverton were taken.”
The value of the vehicle parts are estimated to be worth R200 000.
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No firearms were recovered. “The suspects who had the firearms managed to run away,” Jordaan said.
The sergeants arrested the seven suspects for armed business robbery and detained them at Cleveland Police Station.
The seven faced their charges in Johannesburg Magistrate’s court on February 7.
Cleveland Police Station commander Colonel Mpe Lobisi Motaung congratulated the members for their outstanding work.
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He appealed to anyone with information about the whereabouts of the three suspects at large to contact the police station at 011 607 5745/6.
Alternatively, contact the police emergency number at 10111 or Crime Stop at 08 600 10111.
All information would remain confidential.
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