A man believed to have been part of the 13-member gang of armed robbery suspects that raided three How Mine vehicles and stole over 11 kgs of gold on 04 October this year has since died.
The suspect succumbed to injuries sustained in the shoot-out with How Mine’s security manager during the heist, reported The Sunday News citing a source close to the investigations.
The manager, a former CID Homicide officer, reportedly shot two of the suspects with the now deceased hit on the spine.
The suspect reportedly died a week later in South Africa.
Police arrested three of the 13 and later connected some of them to four similar forays that occurred in the city.
The gang was fingered in heists at two financial institutions, a fruit and vegetable wholesale and a grocery shop between May and October.
In total, the gang reportedly got away with US$858 000 and R508 000 in five raids within four months.
In the How Mine saga, sources said there was a gunfight involving security officers from a cash-in-transit truck and the suspects whose vehicles were left riddled with bullet holes.
The armed robbers were using three vehicles, a Toyota GD 6, a Nissan March and Nissan Hard boy single cab.
It is alleged, How Mine’s internal security manager was following the three cash-in-transit (CIT) vehicles using a Toyota Fortuner from a distance when the ambush took place.
The security manager then pursued the three armed robbers’ vehicles.
A shootout ensued and he managed to shoot the Nissan Hardbody which the suspects then dumped while firing at him.
The manager then pursued the other two vehicles (Toyota GD6 and Nissan March) until Ekusileni Hospital (Hillside) towards the Bulawayo city centre, where the armed robbers managed to escape.
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