Unlicensed, police-issued R5 rifle recovered in N1 shooting
BUCCLEUCH - Provincial police spokesperson Colonel Lungelo Dlamini said two suspects, who robbed a cigarette truck in Glen Marais, Kempton Park, in the morning of 30 October were arrested on Maxwell Drive following a shootout with police.
Dlamini said police recovered an unlicensed police-issued R5 rifle with no serial number.
Dlamini said the suspects were spotted by a police helicopter in Rabie Ridge and both the helicopter and police chased them. Dlamini said the suspects shot at a police vehicle and police returned fire.
Dlamini said the suspects drove to Maxwell Drive where they hijacked a Jeep but they then crashed the Jeep under the bridge by the Buccleuch interchange on Maxwell Drive. Dlamini said that the suspects attempted to run to the highway and hijack another car but police arrested two of the suspects.
Dlamini said no one was seriously injured.
The suspects will be charged with attempted murder and illegal possession of a police R5-rifle.
Read the story in which Sandton Chronicle broke here:
Swift police action leads to arrests in N1 shooting
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Dlamini said this, Dlamini said that. What didn’t Dlamini say?
All i see is Dlamini, and who exactly is Dlamini? Is he a cop, a by-stander or the person involved in the shooting.
@ Langa; try reading the headline you idiot. Having said that, a lot of cops are involved in crime so he could have been involved…
@ The Editor; How could they tell the R5 rifle was SAPS-issued if it had no serial number, these are issued to SANDF also, in far bigger numbers.