Police recover toy gun from man accused of raiding Capitec ATM

A 34-year-old man has been arrested after police recovered more than R100 000, bullets and a toy gun, linked to theft of money from a Capitec ATM.

The man was handcuffed on Sunday morning in Mpumalanga for the crime.

Police spokesperson Brigadier Selvy Mohlala said the man was accompanied by four other suspects when they robbed the ATM.

Robbery

“A group of about five suspects allegedly went to a Capitec Bank ATM at a shopping centre in a purple VW Polo. It is alleged that they somehow gained access to where the money and took an undisclosed amount of cash from the ATM. 

“An alarm was then activated which notified the security company, who in turn alerted Standerton Saps. Four suspects managed to flee but one could not make it as law enforcement agencies collaborated their resources and cornered him.

Mohlala said the suspect was charged for burglary as well as for possession of suspected stolen property (cash).

“He is expected to appear at the Standerton Magistrates’ Court soon. The Saps management has welcomed the arrest as well as the recovery of the cash.”

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City power official nabbed

Meanwhile, the Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department (JMPD) has arrested five people, including a City Power official, and subcontractor after they tried stealing an electrical transformer in Hillbrow, Johannesburg.

The four male and one female suspect were arrested by the JMPD’s Undercover Reaction Unit for attempted theft of critical infrastructure on Friday.

JMPD spokesperson Xolani Fihla said officers received information about suspects who were allegedly stealing critical electrical equipment at a building on Kapteijn and Twist Street.

“Whilst interviewing the suspects, it was discovered that one of them is a City Power official and another suspect is a City Power subcontractor. It’s alleged that the City Power official hired the other suspects to assist him to take the transformer, and promised to pay them after the completion of the job,” Fihla said.

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