Police Minister Bheki Cele announced on Thursday morning that an employee at ANC headquarters Luthuli House had been linked to at least three cash-in-transit heists. "This is almost his third cash heist, this guy. It is not the first one. Two are in the North West, plus this one (Soweto). Indeed, we have established who he is. He works for the organising department on a temporary basis at Luthuli House," […]
The second-in-command of a syndicate committing cash-in-transit (CIT) heists and 13 suspects have been arrested in the last 24 hours. That is what police minister Bheki Cele revealed on Wednesday during a press conference held by the National Press Club in Centurion. Cele said the second-in-command they arrested is one of the 20 most wanted CIT criminals in the country. “South Africans are going to be safe. We are going […]
The author of the book "Heist" Anneliese Burgess says the latest spate of cash-in-transit heists are a new beast using new tactics. Burgess said videos that circulated on social media of the heist in Boksburg‚ Ekurhuleni showed that the people involved were professionals. "We used to have the classic old type of cash-in-transit heist. This is where you ram a vehicle off the road and you take the money. Now […]
Parliament says it’s very concerned by the frequent cash-in transit robberies that have been happening recently in different provinces across the country. Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Police in the National Assembly Francois Beukman says they have raised the matter with the National Police Commissioner Khehla Sitole in their previous meeting. He says: “It is a matter of huge concern especially if the is a large crime syndicate in […]
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