On 5 January a joint operation involving the Hawks Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation, the Pretoria K9 Unit and the Joburg North Trio task team as well as other stakeholders achieved success on Woodmead Drive.
The so-called Rolex gang members are infamous for following their targets in order to rob them of expensive watches and jewellery, sometimes even in broad daylight.
As well as the two arrests made, the police also managed to seize an Audi A3 which had been reported stolen from its owner in Langlaagte, one unlicensed firearm as well as ammunition, gloves and balaclavas at the scene.
The men arrested will appear in court soon.
In previous incidents, the Rolex gang has targeted areas such as Woodmead and Bryanston. In March last year, a man was sitting with his wife and their six-month-old baby in their car in Woodmead when they were said to be accosted by two males armed with guns. The suspects insisted on taking the car from the victim with his wife and baby still inside but the man fought back.
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