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By IOL Reporter 
6h ago
Durban – Members of the Provincial Organized Crime Unit recovered the robbery worth millions of rands at storage facilities in Stikland and Belville South on Monday.
Police spokesman Sergeant Noloyiso Rwexana said officers were alerted to the hijacking of a truck in Kuilsrivier a few days earlier. The truck carried cigarettes.
Rwexana said officers were taken to a facility in Skitland where they recovered the cigarettes.
“A preliminary investigation led members to another storage facility in Bellville South, where more allegedly stolen property was seized,” Rwexana said.
Rwexana said that the stolen property comprised R5 million worth of jewelry linked to robberies of various jewelry stores in Cape Town, Franschhoek and Stellenbosch in 2019, printers, toners and cameras.
The investigation team also carried out a search at the residence of one of the suspects and seized 14 stolen mobile phones worth R283,000, and a cash amount of R360,000 was also confiscated.
The suspects are expected to appear in court soon.
In another investigation, six men linked to an attempted armed robbery in Jacobsdal were arrested following a high-speed chase on the N12 south near Kimberley.
SAPS spokesperson Capt.Olebogeng Tawana said the Kimberley Flying Squad, the Northern Cape Provincial Trio Crime Task Force, Modderrivier Visible Police and the Kimberley Search and Rescue Unit reacted quickly by backing the Jacobsdal Police on the N12 South, as the suspects were pursued in a high-speed chase towards Kimberley, following an armed robbery attempt at a church in Jacobsdal.
“The suspects were intercepted on the N12 South, near Kimberley. Two getaway vehicles were recovered, a white Mercedes Benz and a metallic silver gray Polo Vivo. Police also recovered a firearm and a tool, believed to be used in the commission of a crime. He was also caught by the police, “said Tawana.
The suspects were turned over to the Jacobsdal police for further investigation, “Tawana said.
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