Acting Gauteng provincial commissioner Maj Gen André Wiese has commended the collaboration of South African Police Service and Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department for foiling a potentially violent robbery.
On Monday, members mobilised based on information of a stolen vehicle and pounced on a house in KwaThema, where three vehicles – two Mercedes-Benz vehicles and a Ford Kruga – were found inside the yard.
Upon searching the vehicles and premises, police recovered seven AK-47 rifles, two other high calibre rifles, explosives and ammunition of different firearms.
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Soon after this recovery, police went on a manhunt for the suspects.
According to police spokesperson Capt Mavela Masondo, the search paid off when six suspects were arrested within the vicinity after they were found with two more pistols and a VW Polo.
Preliminary investigations have already indicated possible linkage of the suspects and their vehicles to robbery cases.
It was also discovered that the two Mercedes-Benz vehicles were reported stolen in Jeppestown and Sunnyside, recently.
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Masondo says further investigations will be conducted to establish other linkages of the suspects, the vehicles and the firearms to previous violent crimes.
“Thank you to all the members who were involved in this successful operation.
“I believe these arrests will help us solve lots of robbery cases where these suspects might be linked,” says Wiese.
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