after being hit on the head with a firearm.Ms Hani said further investigation through AVL (automatic vehicle locator) established that Mroqoza used the police van which indicated that the vehicle was at the crime scene and that Mroqoza was further declared unfit to possess a firearm.The acting provincial head of the Hawks in the Western Cape, Brigadier Piet Bergh, has commended the team for their work that led to the sentence.18:T5f7,

A former constable, Sandile Mroqoza, 40, was sentenced to 20 years direct imprisonment on a charge of robbery with aggravating circumstances last Thursday April 6 by the Blue Downs Magistrate’s Court.

Hawks spokesperson, Zinzi Hani, said this imprisonment came after a cash-in-transit heist where over R2.3 million was stolen, in May 2016, on the Waarburgh Road, Joostenbergvlakte, Kraaifontein.

“It was reported that G4S members were approached by a police van fitted with blue lights and marked Nyanga Vispol. The SAPS vehicle forced the truck to stop. Two suspects wearing police uniform got out of the front of the vehicle and four other suspects, wearing civilian clothing, alighted from the back,” Ms Hani explained.

She said the suspects threatened the driver of the armoured vehicle with firearms and forced him to open the back of the vehicle. They then reversed the SAPS vehicle with its back to the G4S truck whereby they emptied the drop-safes.

She said the driver and the crewman’s firearms were taken and the crewman was injured after being hit on the head with a firearm.

Ms Hani said further investigation through AVL (automatic vehicle locator) established that Mroqoza used the police van which indicated that the vehicle was at the crime scene and that Mroqoza was further declared unfit to possess a firearm.

The acting provincial head of the Hawks in the Western Cape, Brigadier Piet Bergh, has commended the team for their work that led to the sentence.

19:T5c6,A former constable, Sandile Mroqoza, 40, was sentenced to 20 years direct

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Former police officer imprisoned for Kraaifontein heist worth millions