By OBAKENG MAJE
A man (40) is under police guard at Taung District Hospital after being apprehended by community members in Cokonyane village, near Taung on Saturday for alleged armed robbery. According to the North West police spokesperson, Col Adele Myburgh, three armed men allegedly stormed into a business owned by a man (26).
“They attacked and overpowered him. The suspects took an undisclosed amount of cash and an electricity machine before they fled. The police were summoned to the scene and found one suspect being apprehended by community members, who assaulted him.
“The suspect was arrested and taken to hospital for medical attention. A case of business burglary was opened for further investigation and the suspect will face these charges in the Taung Magistrate’s Court as soon as he is released from hospital,” she said.
Myburgh said in an unrelated incident, four men were arrested for being in possession of suspected illegal firearms. She further said, the police received information about a suspicious vehicle near Taung District Hospital and immediately operationalised it.
“On their arrival, the police found the vehicle with four male occupants, who gave them permission to search the vehicle. During the search, two firearms were found in
possession of the men and they were arrested.
“The suspects are aged 32,35,39,47 and the matter is still under investigation,” she said.
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