While conducting routine crime prevention patrols in the Johannesburg area, the JMPD Transportation Unit officers received information about a shooting incident at the mall.
Upon arriving at the scene, they found that security personnel had already apprehended three suspects and confiscated one firearm.
Further investigations revealed that one of the suspects was carrying an unlicensed firearm. Additionally, the vehicle used in the attempted robbery, a black Geely, was recovered.
The suspects face charges of possession of an unlicensed firearm, pointing o firearm, and attempted business robbery.
They have been detained at the Johannesburg Central SAPS cells.