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News24 reports that two security officers managed to fend off five would-be cash-in-transit robbers in Orange Farm, Gauteng, resulting in an arrest and the recovery of two firearms.
Their armoured van had been collecting cash at a petrol station on Tuesday when they were accosted by the gang. National police spokesperson Colonel Brenda Muridili reported: "The suspects managed to take cash from a security officer and shot him in the leg before taking his firearm and trying to flee the scene. The driver of the armoured vehicle noticed what was happening and pursued the suspects' vehicle, forcing it off the road until it came to a halt. The suspects were forced to abandon their vehicle and the stolen cash, fleeing the scene on foot." Police arrived on the scene and recovered an illegal firearm and the stolen cash. When they searched the area, they found one of the suspects with a rifle and arrested him. National police commissioner General Khehla Sitole praised the bravery of the security officers.
- Read the full original of Jenna Etheridge’s report on this story at News24
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