TRT and EMPD respond swiftly to CIT robbery

The Sedibeng Tactical Response Team (TRT) and Ekhurhuleni SWAT Team (EMPD) closed in on two alleged cash-in-transit robbers while five were fatally wounded during a shootout with police following a cash-in-transit robbery at Dawn Park near springs in Gauteng on Wednesday. Some of the stolen money was recovered while and four firearms with ammunition and three vehicles suspected to be stolen have also been seized. It is reported that an unknown number of suspects approached the cash vehicle along Galahad Road in Dawn Park. This comes just two days after criminals carried out a cash-in-transit in Evaton. Police spokesperson Colonel Brenda Muridili said authorities were notified of the incident through a tip-off. “TRT and EMPD followed up on intelligence which led them to Klipoortjie on Carol Avenue. On arrival at the identified safe house a shootout ensued between the suspects and the police. Five suspects were fatally wounded while two were arrested.” The police confiscated, at the scene, three vehicles which have been hijacked in separate incidents in Gauteng this year in Springs, Midrand and Boksburg North. Four unlicensed firearms and ammunition as well as an undisclosed amount of money were also seized.