Police arrest suspects shortly after business robbery

Efforts to ensure that perpetrators who are finding themselves on the wrong side of the law are brought to book landed five suspects between the ages of 21 and 47 behind bars earlier today following a business robbery at a camera retail store in De Villiers Road, Zonnebloem, Cape Town, where electronic equipment was stolen.

The suspects fled the scene and a high-speed chase ensued with police hot on the heels of the suspects. The stolen property comprising electronic equipment, two firearms, and the vehicle used to commit the offense were recovered on the secondary scene in Mowbray.

The suspects face charges of business robbery, possession of the presumed stolen property, and the possession of unlicensed firearms and ammunition, and are due in to appear in the Cape Town Magistrates court once they have been charged.