Officers bound, weapons stolen in 'raid' on police station
BY DAN MEYER - 03 October 2019 - 16:17
The Hawks are looking for four men who held up a
police station in Windsorton, in the Northern Cape on Wednesday night.
A manhunt
is under way after armed robbers attacked the Windsorton police station in the
Northern Cape on Wednesday night, tying up the only two officers at the station
before raiding the safe for firearms.
“Yesterday
[Wednesday] at 10.30pm, four males entered the police station and tied up the
two officers on duty with cable ties," said Hawks spokesperson Nomthandazo
Mnisi. “They held the police officials hostage and took their pistols from
them. They then demanded to go to the safe and they took four pistols (9mm) and
two rifles."
She said
it was “convenient and normal" for there to be only two officers manning
the station, because “Windsorton is a small place".
The
suspects fled with their haul of weapons in a white Audi A3 with Botswana
licence plates, Mnisi said. It took the officers “about an hour" to free
themselves and call for help.
No
arrests have been made.
Mnisi
said the priority crimes unit had made progress on catching the culprits, but
said she didn't want to jeopardise the operation by making any more information
public.
