SUSPECTS are feeling the heat.
Since last week, the police have been swooping in on them.
Three more suspects suspected to be involved in cash-in-transit robberies and the bombing of ATMs in Gauteng were bust in Tshwane on Monday.
This follows the fatal shooting of three and the arrest of six suspects last Wednesday on the R21 just before the Olifantsfontein off-ramp near Tembisa.
The suspects were allegedly going to rob a shop at Carnival City Mall in Brakpan, Ekurhuleni, when police pounced.
The three suspects, aged between 25 and 40, were found in possession of high-calibre firearms, scores of ammunition, explosives and stained cash.
According to information received, the suspects were allegedly planning to hit yet another ATM in Tshwane before they were apprehended.
Lieutenant-Colonel Mavela Masondo said police intelligence received information about the whereabouts of armed suspects involved in committing business robberies, cash-in-transit robberies and ATM bombings.
“Several units of the South African Police Service and other law enforcement agencies were mobilised to act on information and arrest the suspects.”
He said the information led the team to a house in Soshanguve where two of the suspects were found.
“Upon searching the suspects and the house, police recovered three firearms: an AK47 rifle, a shotgun and a pistol.
“The team proceeded to Lotus Gardens in Pretoria, where the third suspect, aged 25, was found in possession of an unlicensed firearm and stained cash. He was also arrested.
“The search for other suspects is continuing and those arrested will appear before the Pretoria Magistrates Court in due course.”
Gauteng police commissioner Lieutenant-General Elias Mawela applauded the team that rounded up the suspects and recovered the unlicensed firearms.
