Police foil ‘potentially violent’ bank-following robbery in Midrand

No specific details were provided but police said in a brief statement that members had “operationalised information of a planned robbery where unsuspecting victim would be followed from a bank from the Mall of Africa in Midrand”.

Gauteng police commissioner Lt-Gen Elias Mawela commended the collaboration between various law enforcement agencies for foiling what he referred to as a “potentially violent” crime.

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