{"id":56759,"date":"2022-08-18T11:04:27","date_gmt":"2022-08-18T09:04:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/security-vehicle-bombinged-during-heist-20220817\/"},"modified":"2025-03-20T21:57:32","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T19:57:32","slug":"security-vehicle-bombinged-during-heist-20220817","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/security-vehicle-bombinged-during-heist-20220817\/","title":{"rendered":"Security vehicle Bombed during heist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"left\" id=\"embed_3adfdb7a\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A security company vehicle was travelling from Bea\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/3883\/469091afd8c04fe39c7cddaa3ac1c106.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/8d3032cceea7423b9d74815a6f58e464.jpeg\" title=\"A security company vehicle was travelling from Beatrix mine when it was rammed by a white Toyota Camry and a silver-grey Mercedez Benz. Shots were fired and the vehicle was bombed.\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">A security company vehicle was travelling from Beatrix mine when it was rammed by a white Toyota Camry and a silver-grey Mercedez Benz. Shots were fired and the vehicle was bombed.<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\">Vista<\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\">Supplied<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"left\" id=\"embed_825f70fe\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A security company vehicle was travelling from Bea\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/3885\/2b21804262ad4120bce838f56d9dd728.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/416875b331404946968fe79ae94ec8dc.jpeg\" title=\"A security company vehicle was travelling from Beatrix mine when it was rammed by a white Toyota Camry and a silver-grey Mercedez Benz. Shots were fired and the vehicle was bombed.\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">A security company vehicle was travelling from Beatrix mine when it was rammed by a white Toyota Camry and a silver-grey Mercedez Benz. Shots were fired and the vehicle was bombed.<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\">Vista<\/span> <span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\">Supplied<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Shots were fired and a security vehicle carrying gold from Beatrix Gold Mine was bombed during a heist on the Virginia road (R30) early on Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The heist occurred at 07:55 on Tuesday (16\/08) next to the Virginia Correctional Services. A security company vehicle was travelling from Beatrix mine when it was rammed<span>hit<\/span> by a white Toyota Camry and a silver-grey Mercedez Benz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe occupants fired shots at the security vehicle, and commercial explosives were used to blast it open. Gold ore, <span>and <\/span>an R5 rifle and a 9 mm pistol belonging to the driver and his crew were robbed,\u201d says Capt. Stephen Thakeng, media liaison officer for the Lejweleputswa SAPS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thakeng says a grey BMW was used as a getaway car. \u201cThe white Toyota Camry was abandoned at the scene. Another black BMW was also seen driving at a high speed in the same direction taken by the first grey BMW. The registration numbers are unknown.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span>People with i<\/span>Informants<span>tion<\/span> must contact their nearest police station, or alternatively the Police Emergency number 08600 10111.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shots were fired and a security vehicle carrying gold from Beatrix Gold Mine was bombed during a heist on the Virginia road (R30) early on Tuesday 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