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Daring cigarette heist gets away with R46 000 in goods
The police managed to confiscate some of the cigarettes. Photo supplied Lizzy Bapela The police in Thabazimbi are looking for two suspects who hijacked a truck distributing cigarettes and stole the goods while the truck was delivering them. Police spokesperson Constable Moshira Modise said that the incident took place on Thursday, 15 May, near noon. She
added that the truck was offloading the cigarettes at the back of Foodzone and Lantern Supermarket when two men entered the storeroom with their faces covered in balaclavas and started attacked them. “The armed suspects instructed everybody to lie down. One of them instructed the driver to help him load the cigarettes back into the truck. They drove off with the delivery truck and
took the driver and the security guard with,� said Constable Modise. She added that the vehicle which was used to load the cigarettes from the truck was found abandoned on the side of the road next to Klipgat Farm and the driver and the security guard were also left unharmed. Constable Modise further said that a case docket of business robbery and hijacking was opened and investigations are continuing. She added
that no arrests were made so far and the value of the cigarettes is estimated at just over R 46 000. According to the information received, the suspects also attempted to shoot a farm owner who was trying to investigate what was happening outside his farm. Constable Modise confirmed that a case of attempted murder was also opened.