Four armed men might have thought twice before robbing a defenceless woman, had they known they were unleashing the full force of the law.
|||Durban - Four armed men might have thought twice before robbing a defenceless woman in her office at Club Marina in Ifafa, had they known they were unleashing a dragnet by local police and their crime-fighting partners.
The men were arrested and were expected to appear in the Hibberdene Magistrate’s Court on Thursday for a formal bail application.
They are being detained in the Umzinto correctional facility.
Police spokesman, Captain Thulani Zwane, said the woman, 42, was approached by a man last week who asked to read her newspaper.
“While she reached out to fetch the newspaper, the man took out a gun and pointed it at her. Three others entered the office and took cash from the safe,” Zwane said. “They strapped her hands and legs together with cable ties and gagged her mouth with tape. The men then fled in her Uno,” he said.
Police scoured the area for the men and a number of local farmers joined the search, effectively boxing in the suspects.
The robbers abandoned the vehicle and hid from police in a sugar cane field.
Dog handlers Warrant Officer Paul Loubser of the Umzinto K9 Unit with patrol dog Wayne and Sergeant Desmond Theunissen, Constable Joe Cele and Constable Mark Banjo of the Port Shepstone K9 Unit with patrol dog Caesar, went in after them.
Warrant Officer Loubser arrested three of the suspects, while Constable Banjo, Sergeant Theunissen and Constable Joe Cele arrested the fourth.
Zwane said police found a knife and a firearm in the bushes near the cane field.
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