GETTING SERIOUS ABOUT FIGHTING CRIME Is it a sign that Bheki Cele is putting his money – or rather his bullets – where his mouth is? At around midday yesterday, guards at Baviaansdrift prison in Kameeldrift, north of Pretoria, noticed a black Volswagen Polo and a white Nissan bakkie approaching a Coin Security van.

They notified police and a special task force and the police’s air wing were dispatched.

As the police approached, the suspects got out of their vehicles and started shooting at the tyres of the Coin van.

 

The task force opened fire, killing six of the armed robbers. Three others managed to escape.

A police superintendent was shot in both legs. He was airlifted to hospital and was in a stable condition.

So far, three R5 rifles, four pistols and a shotgun had been recovered from the scene.

For me, this report was a welcome relief from the usual ‘No arrests have been made’ and ‘Robbers released due to lack of evidence’ that we have grown accustomed to reading.

This is the kind of action we need from police.
If they continue in this way, criminals will soon learn that crime does not pay - the way it has been paying for the past decade and a half.

Kader Khan
Editor
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