BY Obakeng Maje
Police in Rustenburg are investigating a case of armed robbery and Impersonating of Traffic official.
This comes after four tourists from Germany, Dubai, Finland and Portugal were robbed of their cell phones, cameras, undisclosed amount of cash and a wrist watch by a suspect who impersonated the traffic official on Friday morning.
“A 33 year old driver and a tour guide were driving these tourists in a rented Mercedes Benz Vito on N4 road between Sun City and Tsetsing village on their way to Pilanesberg Game Reserve” Captain Makau said.
“They were stopped by the suspect wearing a traffic uniform. It is alleged that the suspect was driving a silver Mercedes Benz that parked on the left side of the road” She said.
According to the information, the suspect requested the driver’s licence and a permit to ferry passengers. When the driver could not produce the permit, he called other suspects from the Mercedes Benz.
Two suspects entered the vehicle and threatened the tour guide and tourists with firearms.
They ordered them to bow their heads beneath their seats. At that time, the suspect in traffic uniform ordered the driver to make a U turn back to Pretoria.
On their way back they ordered the driver to drive to the nearby bush at Tlaseng village in Rustenburg.
This is where the robbery happened.
“After the robbery, the suspects got into their vehicle and drove away” Makau added.
No one was injured and the suspects are still at large.
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