Cigarette van hijacked in Witpoortjie
Van delivering cigarettes at café.
At around 10am this morning (9 February) another British American Tobacco (Bat) van was hijacked – this time in Witpoortjie.
The van stopped at the Nevada café at the corner of Hulley Road and Mc Grath Avenue when six armed suspects in a blue BMW pounced on it. They the fled with the van and abandoned it in Krugersdorp. They escaped with all the cigarettes which they loaded into a bakkie.
Dowry Security officers allong with Fidelity Guards officers found the empty bakkie in Kagiso.
A helicopter currently is searching for the suspects who are still at large.
This comes after another cigarette truck hijacking was foiled on Ontdekkers Road last Friday morning.
Two suspects caught after cigarette truck hijacking
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