Police officers from Rapid Rail Police Unit under Operation Qondisa conducted an intelligence driven operation at Emalangeni and Umthwalume areas.
The team was following up on information about a group of men that were committing cash-in-transit robberies in KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape. The team proceeded to various homesteads in Emalangeni and Umtwalume where three suspects aged between 43 and 50 were placed under arrest. One of the suspects was found in possession of explosives.
All the suspects were wanted on a cash-in-transit robbery that was committed last month in Mzamba. A 47-year-old suspect is appearing before the Scottsburg Magistrates Court for possession of explosives.