PRETORIA.– Ten suspects arrested during a multi-disciplinary operation on Monday the 21 February 2022 will appear at the Johannesburg Magistrate`s court today ( 23 February 2022). They are facing charges of murder x 8, attempted murder, possession of unlicensed firearms and ammunition, possession of explosives and possession of hijacked vehicles.
They were part of at least twenty-five suspects who were accosted during a Crime Intelligence led operation where their alleged plans to commit a CIT robbery were intercepted by a multidisciplinary team led by the National CIT Task Team in Moffatview, in the South of Johannesburg.
During the ordeal, eight suspects were fatally shot.
All SAPS members and a JMPD member who were shot and injured during the ordeal are recovering well.
*PRESS RELEASE
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