The Honeydew Cluster Intelligence Unit and Tactical Response Team tracing initiative led to the arrest of the three men aged between 30 and 41 for the alleged shooting of a Diepsloot taxi driver on 8 September.
The suspects were caught in Hillbrow during the early hours of the morning of 11 September.
The police confiscated three licensed firearms, magazines, ammunition and a silver grey Mercedes Benz, believed to have been driven by the taxi driver’s alleged attackers.
According to Warrant Officer Daniel Mavimbela of Diepsloot police station, occupants of a silver grey Mercedes Benz confronted a group of taxi drivers who were on strike.
“After an argument, one of the occupants of the Mercedes produced a firearm and reportedly shot the victim.”
The suspects will be charged with attempted murder and are set to appear in the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court.
