An intelligence driven operation, conducted on Monday, 6 February 2023, led to the arrest of three males that are suspected to be involved in cash-in-transit robberies and the bombing of automatic teller machines (ATMs) in Gauteng.
The suspects aged between 25 and 40 were arrested in Tshwane after they were found in possession of high-calibre firearms that include an AK-47 rifle, scores of ammunition, explosives and stained cash.
Information received is that the suspects were planning to hit yet another ATM in Tshwane before they were apprehended.
The team proceeded to Lotus Gardens in Pretoria, where the third suspect, aged 25, was found in possession of an unlicensed firearm and stained cash. He was also arrested.
The suspects are linked to various cases of cash-in-transit robberies, ATM bombings and business robberies committed around Gauteng.
The search for other suspects is continuing and those arrested will appear before Pretoria Magistrate’s Court in due course.
