Police arrest 13 suspects in country-wide cash heists

Police arrest 13 suspects in country-wide cash heists

Thirteen suspects have been arrested in a period of 24 hours for their alleged involvement in cash-in-transit heists around the country.

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Anelisa Kubheka

That's according to the Police Minister who says among those apprehended is an alleged kingpin.

Speaking in Pretoria, Bheki Cele says the arrests were made in Tzaneen in Limpopo and Vosloorus in Gauteng.

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He says some of the suspects were planning robberies in KZN.

"We are beginning to link several of them with other areas of cash heists - but as if that was not enough - we intercepted those that were involved on June the 4th, who were driving to KZN. we arrested six of them in Vosloorus," Cele said. 

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