Cop caught with armed robbery suspects
A policeman was among three armed robbery suspects who were
chased and pulled over by a single metro police officer in Cape Town.
A member of the city’s metro police camera response unit was
driving on the R300 from Mitchells Plain towards Langa when a member of the
public flagged him down.
“The officer stopped and was informed that the resident’s
business had been robbed by three males driving a VW Golf. The officer‚ alone
at that stage‚ managed to pursue and pull over the vehicle and hold down the
armed suspects for questioning until backup arrived and he could make the
arrests‚” the city said in a statement on Thursday.
“Among the suspects was a South African Police Service
officer from the Site B Khayelitsha Police Station whose weapon was duly
confiscated by the Metro Police officer. A total of R2,095 in cash‚ found in
his possession‚ was also taken as evidence.
“High-calibre police work such as this is should not go
unrecognised‚” said the city’s mayoral committee member for safety and
security‚ Alderman JP Smith.
Source: Timeslive
