Cops nail school robbery gang
Some of the property that was taken from the teachers were recovered.
Police recently arrested six men in connection with a robbery at a primary school at KwaMbotho in Harding on February 9.
The well-orchestrated operation by members of the Harding Task Team, POP Port Shepstone, Kokstad K9 and a security company also recovered a firearm and stolen property.
A team of police officers followed up on information received, and a house in Harding was infiltrated by the team, where four men aged 19, 21, 27 and 35 were arrested on March 10.
The team then proceeded to Ezinqoleni, where two people, aged 33 and 37, were arrested.
The men were found with a firearm and three rounds of ammunition. It’s believed they were planning to commit another robbery.
Some of the property that was stolen from the teachers was recovered.
All six men appeared in the Ezinqoleni Magistrate’s Court on March 12. They remain in police custody.
Four of the suspects were positively linked to the armed robbery committed in Harding and Ibisi last month.
-Lieutenant Colonel Nqobile Gwala
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