Mission failed for suspected thieves after being arrested
The injured suspects were taken to hospital for medical assistance
Seven suspects were arrested while they were on their mission to commit a crime.
On January 10, members from KwaMhlanga SAPS Crime Intelligence in collaboration with their counterparts from Siyabuswa Visible Policing arrested the suspects after it’s believed that they were on their way to committing a robbery at a local furniture store when they were stopped in their tracks.
The suspects, aged between 32-years and 47-years were shortly after nabbed by SAPS at Phola Mall in KwaMhlanga.
According to the report, police received information about a possible business robbery that was allegedly planned to be carried out.
Police immediately acted upon the information to prevent the crime.
They coordinated their resources and went out looking for the suspects and spotted two vehicles moments later, a Toyota Etios with false registration number plates and a Volkswagen minibus with the alleged armed robbers.
Moments later a shootout between the suspects and police ensued whereby two suspects were shot and sustained some injuries.
They were arrested while the astute members recovered a firearm with ammunition from the injured suspects.
The injured suspects were taken to hospital for medical assistance, one of them was discharged from the hospital.
The second suspect is still recovering under police guard.
The rest of the suspects were detained and police further confiscated the two vehicles which will form part of the investigation.
The suspects appeared at the KwaMhlanga Magistrate’s Court on January 11, facing charges of having unlicensed firearms, ammunition, attempted murder, possession of suspected stolen vehicles as well as conspiracy to commit robbery.
The Provincial Commissioner of the SAPS in Mpumalanga, Lieutenant General Semakaleng Manamela has appreciated the excellent efforts displayed by the members who arrested the suspects and recovered a firearm with some ammunition as well as recovered the two suspected stolen vehicles.
“This shows that our battle against crime is winnable and we will continue to take away those firearms that are a danger to our communities,” Lieutenant General Semakaleng Manamela concluded.
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