A Zimbabwean man, Prince Raphael Dube (40) who was responsible for cloning the police vehicle used to steal R200 million from OR Tambo airport on March 7, was arrested in Norkem Park, Northern Kempton Park in Gauteng.
He appeared in court briefly at Kempton Magistrate’s Court together with four other suspects and the matter was postponed to March 28 and March 29 for a formal bail application. They were remanded in custody and were charged with armed robbery. Zimbabwe’s consul-general to South Africa, Mr Bataishe Mukunoweshuro said they had approached South African police over the suspected Zimbabwean national but police had neither denied nor confirmed anything.
The Chronicle reports that the robbers were arrested in joint operation The Hawks, the provincial tracking team and criminal intelligence on Friday and Saturday.
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