The man aged between 40 and 45 was arrested outside the block of flats he was visiting in Brandwag, Bloemfontein on Wednesday night. He was on his way to visit his children when his white BMW was stopped by cops.
They searched his vehicle and found three guns, one R5, an LM5 and pistol. While the man was being taken away by cops, his weeping child kept yelling: “Daddy, daddy, please come home!”
The police were combing the area shortly after a cash-in-transit robbery took place at Brandwag Shopping Centre.
Tenants at the block of flats where the man was arrested told Daily Sun the man was visiting his children when the cops pounced on him.
“His children live here with their mum. I was shocked when I saw armed cops approaching his car. The child kept begging the cops to release his father,” said one tenant.
Police spokesman Brigadier Vish Naidoo said security guards were taking money bags to the truck when they were ambushed by a group of armed robbers at the busy centre.
“An undisclosed sum of money was taken. No injuries were reported and no arrests had been made. “We urge anyone with information to contact their nearest police station,” said Naidoo.
He said they were not ruling out the possibility that the man could be linked to the robbery. Provincial police commissioner Major-General Moeketsi Sempe said: “The suspect was arrested for possession of illegal firearms.
“He will appear in court soon.”
Source: Daily Sun
