{"id":277537,"date":"2025-09-12T09:59:23","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T07:59:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/?p=277537"},"modified":"2025-09-12T11:18:57","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T09:18:57","slug":"three-arrested-after-early-morning-armed-robbery-at-kuils-river-petrol-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/three-arrested-after-early-morning-armed-robbery-at-kuils-river-petrol-station\/","title":{"rendered":"Early morning robbery at Kuils River petrol station: Three suspects nabbed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Three men have been arrested in connection with an armed robbery that took place at a petrol station in Kuils River in the early hours of Friday morning (12 September).<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to provincial police spokesperson Sgt Wesley Twigg Mfuleni police officers acted swiftly after receiving information around 04:00 about suspects involved in a robbery at a business located on Stellenbosch Arterial Road.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Officers, working on a description provided to them, launched a search and spotted the suspects fleeing in the direction of Riverside Gardens. The suspects, aged between 24 and 40, were apprehended shortly afterwards.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-multiple-charges\">Multiple charges<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>During the arrest police recovered a 9 mm pistol with ammunition as well as a speed-point machine (used for card payments) believed to have been stolen during the robbery.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The suspects are facing multiple charges, including possession of an unlicensed firearm and ammunition, possession of stolen property and armed robbery.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Twigg said that once formally charged the trio will appear in the Kuils River Magistrates\u2019 Court to face the charges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The incident follows a month after another early morning robbery at a shop at a petrol station just off Stellenbosch Arterial Road. 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