Three security officers of the Fidelity Security Group have been arrested regarding the cash in transit armed robbery of the company’s vehicle, and are set to reappear in the Bloemfontein Magistrates’ Court on Friday (19/05) for bail application. The suspects are Mzwandile Choko (60), Molefe Sidwell Molefe (61), and Deon de Lange (48).
The trio appeared briefly in court on Friday (12/05), three days after the robbery of the security company’s armoured vehicle. The Hawks’ Serious Organised Crime Investigation team, based in Bloemfontein, arrested the men following an intensive ongoing investigation regarding the Bloemfontein heist.
“The investigation is ongoing; more arrests are imminent,” said Capt. Christopher Singo, provincial spokesperson of the Hawks. He says the security company was en route from its company depot to Bloemfontein’s central business district (CBD) to deliver cash.
“It is alleged that before the security officials reached their destination, a group of heavily armed suspects accosted them in McKenzie Street, East End, Bloemfontein. The armed robbers instructed the security officials to get out of the armoured vehicle.
“The armed robbers used explosives to blow the vault and the drop safe of the armoured vehicle. The suspects then took an undisclosed amount of money and three firearms of the security officials, and fled the scene,” Singo concluded.
