Tag: hijackers

Toddlers escape certain death after hijackers are chased

One of three suspected black hijackers remains on the run after the trio sped off with two toddlers still in a vehicle following a hijacking incident in Birchleigh North, Gauteng on Thursday.

Three armed men had allegedly hijacked a resident as he was leaving his home yesterday morning, Kempton Express reported.

According to an eyewitness, the resident tried to fight off the hijackers. However, he was hit on the head with a gun.

The suspects proceeded to drive off with the two toddlers, a boy (3) and a girl (4), inside the vehicle.

Community members were said to have chased after the hijackers, assaulting one of them.

“[One of the suspects] was caught on Pongolarivier Drive by the community and beaten up,” said Norkem Park police spokesperson Captain Lesibana Molokomme.

“Police then went to look for the other suspect, who was found on the run in Birchleigh North Ext 3.”

The third suspect was later spotted, and subsequently followed by officers patrolling the area.

“The suspect probably realised he had been spotted and chose to abandon the car, with the children inside and the car and the keys still in the ignition, and fled on foot. Police are still searching for him,” said Molokomme.

The victim was transported to hospital, as he had suffered an injury to the head. The children were unharmed.

A case of hijacking had been opened, while investigations continue.

Two hijackers die in shootout with KZN police

On Thursday, 12 June 2014 members of the K9 Unit and Sydenham Police Station arrested three suspects aged between 18 and 20 for attempted murder, hijacking and possession of unlicensed firearms and ammunition. It is alleged that the female victim was earlier hijacked of her grey Volvo motor vehicle. She was accosted by two suspects at gunpoint whilst seated in her car. They instructed her to move over and the suspect drove off with her in the vehicle. She was dropped off at Pineside Road in Pinetown and the suspects drove towards Clermont.

At about 20:00 police spotted the said hijacked vehicle at Roger Sishi Road in New Germany. The police officers activated their blue lights and ordered the suspects to stop. The suspects fired shots towards the police who returned fire. The suspects continued to flee until the driver of the hijacked vehicle allegedly lost control of the vehicle and crashed into a wall. Three suspects managed to flee on foot into the nearby bushes and were later arrested. Two other suspects were fatally wounded during the shootout. Two firearms were seized and will be sent for ballistics tests to ascertain if they were used in any other crime in the country. The arrested suspects will appear in the Pinetown Magistrates Court soon on charges of attempted murder, hijacking and possession of unlicensed firearms and ammunition.

The KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Commissioner, Lieutenant General Mmamonnye Ngobeni commended the members for the good work that led to the recovering of the hijacked vehicle and the arrest the suspects. “We would like to warn criminals that the police will not hesitate to retaliate when their lives are in danger. It is a common trend that police officers in this province are confronted with gunfire on a daily basis when they attempt to arrest criminals. We are fortunate that none of our police officers have become statistics especially over the past few weeks,” she said. – SA Police Media Service

Police constable among three arrested hijackers

SAPS_badgeOn Sunday, 8 December 2013 at about 13:45, members of SAPS Camperdown received a report from a cash-in-transit driver waiting at a local supermarket in Camperdown that a suspicious black VW Polo sedan was following them. Police immediately responded and found the suspicious vehicle parked nearby. The members with the assistance of the SAPS Pietermaritzburg Flying Squad and SAPS Pietermaritzburg Organised Crime Unit circulated the vehicle and discovered that it was hijacked in the Ladysmith area in September 2013.

Three (3) male suspects, seated inside the vehicle, were immediately arrested. On searching the vehicle Police found an unlicensed 9mm CZ75 Pistol and 15 live rounds, believed to have been stolen in the Durban Central area March 2009. It is alleged employees in the cash-in-transit vehicle were on a routine collection from Cato Ridge area to Camperdown when they noticed the suspicious vehicle following them. They immediately stopped at the supermarket and contacted the Police. The suspects are aged between 30 and 40-years of age. One of them is believed to be a police constable from Beaufort West. They will make a court appearance in the Camperdown Magistrate’s Court shortly on charges of possession of unlicensed firearm and ammunition. They will also be charged at Ladysmith for hijacking and in Durban for theft of a firearm. Investigations are continuing. – praag.org and SAPS media release