Thursday, August 21, 2008

Five arrested for armed robbery in Khayelitsah

Yamkela Xhaso
21 August


Police arrested five suspects for armed robbery in Khayelitsha’s Site B and Site C areas on Tuesday night

The police were conducting their daily operation when they arrested the suspects who are know for committing armed robberies in the Site B areas.

The suspects whose ages are between 17 and years old will appear in the Khayelitsha Magistrate Court today.

Police are still investigating if these suspects are linked to other armed robbery cases committed previously in the area.

Constable Mthokozisi Gama of the SAPS in Khayelitsha said’

“The first two suspects were arrested were pointing a firearm on a complainant and took his cellphone and then undress him of his clothes and ran away.”

“The other three alleged Suspects arrested and detained at Khayelitsha SAPS during the same daily operation of tracing suspects”

Gama added, “three of the suspects were found with an undisclosed amount of money and a cellphone”

But Gama sadi investigations are continuing

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