KZN policeman injured in R34 cash heist

Officials say a vehicle was ambushed while travelling on the R34 near the Mfuli game reserve in northern KwaZulu-Natal. 

They say the vehicle had come across logs that had been placed on the road, and as it was slowing down, it came under fire.

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But members of the Special Task Force and the National Intervention Unit, who had received intelligence about the planned attack, responded quickly, forcing the robbers to flee empty-handed.

Their bakkie was later found abandoned in Mthunzini but no arrests have been made.

This woman drove past the scene.

"When I got to our lane, it was blocked with a cash-in-transit vehicle. There wasn't a soul around. It's actually quite eerie. As we drove past and onto the oncoming lane, we saw that the back door was open," she said.

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It is the second incident in the province in as many days. Yesterday, gunmen tried to rob a cash-in-transit vehicle on the R68 between Dundee and Nqutu but fled after the guards opened fire on them.