A
South African Police Services Captain appeared in court accused of armed
robbery.
July 4 2008: A police
captain appears in the Wynberg magistrate’s court today accused together with
four student-constables, a police-reservist constable and two members of the
public, of an armed robbery of a factory in Bramley,
Johannesburg. Seven suspects have already appeared in
court but the Captain was only arrested two days earlier in Alexandra. A female
student-constable suspect has already been released on bail. According to
inspector Moses Maphakela, police spokesman, the 27-year-old constable was
released on bail between R2,000 and R3,000. The suspects are accused of
carrying out an armed robbery of a factory in Bramley in April 2008. Some of
the police officers were wearing police-uniforms. They allegedly also robbed a
police-vehicle. The Captain, who works at the Alexandra police station, was
arrested by police-members of the Bramley police station. Last week two senior
police officers, were remanded respectively in the Randburg- and the
Johannesburg magistrate’s courts, on charges linked with explosions at
cash-points and armed robbery. A 33-year-old police-inspector of the West Rand
dog-unit was arrested last Friday in connection with cash-point explosions. The
head of the SAPS criminal investigations division in Magaliesburg was arrested
two weeks ago together with give of his detective-branch colleagues. They were
accused of robbing foreigners in April (2008). Note placed by Beeld
journalist – André Damons
