Six nabbed for Pinetown business robbery
Updated | By Xolani Khumalo
KZN police
have arrested six people linked to a business robbery in Pinetown's New Germany
area.
On Monday, gunmen held up staff at the business premises on Hill Street and made off with cash and cell phones.
Police tracked down the suspects and recovered two vehicles from KwaMashu's M Section.
One vehicle has been linked to numerous house robberies and an attempted murder case.
The police's Thenjiswa Ngcobo says the second vehicle was hijacked from the Berea earlier this month.
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The police officers also recovered 46 cell phones.
"Police then proceeded to a house in J Section," says Ngcobo.
"The house was searched and police found various brands of watches valued at R70 000. Six suspects were aged 18 and 43 were arrested and appeared before the Ntuzuma Magistrate's Court."
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