A police constable and three other suspects are expected to appear in the Standerton Magistrate’s Court in connection with business robbery.
Their appearance stems from a business robbery that took place on June 24.
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It is alleged that a group of about seven men accosted a bakery owner with his wife while cashing up during closing time.
The men armed with hand guns, robbed the couple an undisclosed amount of cash then fled the scene.
After the robbery, the owner chased the villains while his wife activated security measures to circumvent the suspects.
“A swift response by the Kasselman Security Guards in collaboration with the police, saw the immediate arrest of four of the perpetrators before they reached their getaway vehicle waiting close to the scene,” said Brig Leonard Hlathi spokesperson for the provincial police.
Three other suspects managed to flee the scene and are still at large
Lt Gen Mondli Zuma, the provincial commissioner called on the community to work closely with the police in arresting all the suspects.
“It is devastating that while the police in the country are fighting the scourge of trio crimes, we find that police members are involved in it.
We will work closely with the community to make sure that we gather information that will assist us to nab all those who are responsible of orchestrating criminal activities while within our ranks.
I promise the public that the investigation team will make sure that we have a watertight case against the suspects so that they can languish in jail for a long time,” he said.
