On Friday, 11 January, a number of R’fonteiners gathered to see five men being arrested at a garage in Lazar Avenue, Randgate.
Constable Carmen Hendricks, the Randfontein Police spokesperson, said that the arrests were the result of a tip-off.
Members of the West Rand K9 Unit received information about a possible house robbery in Randgate. They received the vehicle description and registration and started searching for the vehicle in Randfontein,” she said.
They spotted the vehicle, a silver Audi, in Lazar Avenue at approximately 2pm and arrested the five occupants.
“The suspect’s identities are still unknown at the moment. The police also recovered two unlicensed firearms,” Hendricks added.
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