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Four in
flying-squad car accused of robbery
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FOUR men, ostensibly driving a marked police car linked to the
Krugersdorp Flying Squad, have allegedly robbed a Joburg businessman of R350
000.
The man, an immigrant who did not want to be named, was on his way to buy goods in Fordsburg yesterday morning when the car came up behind him. The men in it indicated for him to pull over. The businessman’s attorney, Saleem Ebrahim, said the man was on the corner of Clare and Nursery streets in Fordsburg when the men approached him in a Golf GTI. Four armed men dressed as police officers approached the man’s car and searched it. They found R350 000 in cash and took it. They told the businessman he was under arrest and forced him into their vehicle, Ebrahim said. The men drove around with the man for a short while. They allegedly assaulted him by slapping and pushing him around until they stopped the car a few kilometres away in Mayfair West and told him to get out. The businessman said he felt the robbers were waiting in ambush for him, as he often drove through the area to conduct business. Ebrahim said they had the licence plate number of the vehicle, which was linked to the Krugersdorp Flying Squad. They also had CCTV footage of the robbery. A case was opened at Johannesburg Central police station but is being overseen by the provincial police as the same car is apparently being investigated for a similar incident in Pretoria. Police spokesman LieutenantColonel Lungelo Dlamini said they were investigating a charge of theft by four men alleged to be members of the Krugersdorp Flying Squad. The vehicle’s registration number was that of a Pretoria police vehicle that wasn’t (officially) used yesterday, he said. |
Saturday, March 1, 2014
Crimes of the South African Police Service
