Africa-Press – South-Africa. A police officer and three men were arrested on Monday after a shootout at one of the Sibanye-Stillwater mines in Driefontein on the West Rand.
Gauteng Hawks spokesperson Colonel Katlego Mogale said the men, aged 29 to 39, arrived at an assay lab at the mine and fired shots at a vehicle.
For security reasons, Mogale could not reveal what’s kept at the lab.
“It is alleged that the complainant arrived at Driefontein mine’s assay lab when an unknown number of suspects accosted [him] and shot at his vehicle.
He drove off into the shaft area to protect himself.
Mogale added:
He said that a preliminary investigation revealed that one of the four men was a police officer. According to Mogale, the officer said he was not based at a police station but at the provincial office.
“Explosives, ammunition and two 9mm pistols, with serial numbers filed off, were recovered from the scene,” Mogale said,
Two other men, aged 34 and 39, were arrested on Tuesday in Khuma in the North West.
The four people who were arrested on Monday and the two people who were arrested on Tuesday are expected to appear in the Fochville Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday.
All of those who were arrested were charged with attempted armed robbery and attempted murder.
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