22 years old CIT heist suspect remains in police custody

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A 22 years old Cash-In-Transit (CIT) suspect is set to remain in police custody for the Easter holidays following a postponement of his case by the Kabokweni Magistrates Court.

It is alleged that on Saturday 19 March 2022 at 09:00 a Fidelity armoured vehicle without a TSU escort was traveling from Nelspruit to Masoyi direction.

Approximately 1 km before Masoyi SAPS the armoured van was rammed by unknown amount of suspects. The armoured vehicle lost control and went off the road.

This is according to Hawks Spokesperson Captain Dineo Lucy Sekgotodi who added that inside the armoured vehicle there were was a driver and two crew members who were also robbed of their side arms.

The van was robbed of an unknown amount of money after three safes were bombed and forcefully opened.

The case was handed over to the Hawks for further investigation and it was during further investigation by Hawks and Local Criminal Record Centre when it was discovered that the suspect was linked to the case through fingerprints and Section 212 statement was obtained.

“The matter was brought before court and warrant of his arrest was issued and executed in Hazyview on Thursday, 07 April 2022” said Captain Sekgotodi.

He will appear again in court on April 19 for formal bail application.