A 47-year-old man was recently arrested for allegedly making bomb threats.
According to Hawks spokesperson Captain Ndivhuwo Mulamu, the suspect, who is a former employee of a reputable consulting firm, was arrested following a year-long investigation by the Gauteng Serious Organised Crime Investigation.
He is accused of making three bomb threats in 2018 and 2019 respectively which necessitated evacuations and loss of revenue to two companies. Another respectable financial company which is a tenant in the same building was also heavily affected.
The Sandton Chronicle reported on one of these evacuations in Ernst & Young staff evacuated from building in bomb scare [published online on 25 March 2019].
Mulamu said that various items have been seized as part on the investigation.
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