News: SAPS registers significant breakthrough in both the ORTIA heist and Benoni killings
Pretoria: The South African Police Service is pleased to report progress on the significant breakthrough in the highly organised OR Tambo heist which took place on Tuesday, 7th March 2017.
Let us firstly use this opportunity to commend and express our appreciation to the multidisciplinary team of the South African Police Service and the Hawks, including the relevant stakeholders who have been instrumental in ensuring a thorough investigation following the heist/armed robbery last week. The hard work and dedication of the team has resulted in the gathering of intelligence and subsequent arrest and questioning of suspects allegedly involved in the commission of this crime.
Our people and the nation were justified in the outcry and the condemnation of the security breaches which manifested themselves at OR Tambo International Airport, a national key point.
We have resolved as law enforcement agencies to work hard in ensuring that the perpetrators of this crime are brought to book.
Within a week of investigations and interviewing of people of interest pertaining to this case, we can confirm that four people have been taken in for questioning of which two appeared in the Kempton Park Magistrates’ Court today in connection with this heist/armed-robbery.