Flying squad arrest six suspects, recover vehicles and firearms
Officers recovered a Sig Sauer 9mm pistol with the serial number filed off. The robbery victim died before medical assistance arrived.
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Between April 19 and 20, Benoni Flying Squad (BFS) members arrested six suspects and recovered one firearm and two motor vehicles.
On April 19 at around 18:00, officers helped a Kragen Street, Boksburg, business owner and security personnel arrest a suspect for business burglary and theft.
It is alleged they cornered the suspect on the premises with a bag in which he had already put parts stolen from parked vehicles. He tried to flee but was caught.
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In the early hours of April 20, officers followed up on information about suspects at a diesel depot in Ext 1, Etwatwa West, who were involved in a business robbery of a warehouse in Kempton Park.
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They arrested two suspects on the premises and recovered two vehicles – a white Toyota Quantum used in a robbery and reported on a Kempton Park case – and a white Hyundai H1 reported hijacked on an Alberton case from December 2023.
On the evening of April 20 at about 20:00, a member travelling on the R554, Brakpan, saw a woman lying on the road with serious head injuries.
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It seemed to be a hit-and-run until a complainant who stayed nearby arrived and said two armed suspects robbed him and the woman.
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The officer’s preliminary investigation, assisted by a security member, led to the arrest of two suspects walking further down the road towards Brakpan after the complainant identified them.
They recovered a Sig Sauer 9mm pistol with the serial number filed off. Unfortunately, the victim died before medical assistance arrived.
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In further policing, a 37-year-old suspect was arrested for possession of crystal meth on High Road, Brakpan.
Investigations will continue on all cases.
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The suspects will appear in local Magistrate’s courts facing charges of business breaking, theft, possession of a hijacked vehicle and vehicle used in the commission of a crime, murder, armed robbery, possession of an unlicensed firearm and drugs.
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