News24 reports that a police officer and three men were arrested on Monday after a shootout at one of the Sibanye-Stillwater mines in Driefontein on the West Rand.

Gauteng Hawks spokesperson Colonel Katlego Mogale said the men, aged 29 to 39, arrived at an assay lab at the mine and fired shots at a vehicle. For security reasons, Mogale could not reveal what was kept at the lab. He reported: “While other suspects were busy breaking down the gate to gain entrance into the building, gunshots were exchanged between security officers and the suspects. During the shootout, the suspects realised that they were surrounded and started to flee the scene in different directions, but four were arrested.” A preliminary investigation revealed that one of the four men was a police officer. According to Mogale, the officer was not based at a police station but at the provincial office. Explosives, ammunition and two 9mm pistols, with serial numbers filed off, were recovered from the scene. Two other men, aged 34 and 39, were arrested on Tuesday in Khuma in the North West. The four people who were arrested on Monday and the two people who were arrested on Tuesday were scheduled to appear in the Fochville Magistrate's Court on Wednesday charged with attempted armed robbery and attempted murder.

• Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Tshepiso Motloung at News24

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