Seven suspects are expected to appear in the Witbank Magistrate’s Court after forensic testing linked a recovered AK-47 assault rifle to a cash-in-transit robbery in Witbank.
Seven suspects allegedly linked to a cash-in-transit (CIT) robbery in Witbank are expected to appear before the Witbank Magistrate’s Court after forensic ballistic testing linked one of five recovered AK-47 assault rifles to the violent heist.
The suspects, aged between 31 and 52, were arrested by the Hawks following investigations that connected them to a cash-in-transit robbery that took place along Verena Road in Witbank on June 2, 2025.
The breakthrough follows an intelligence-driven operation conducted by the Tactical Response Team (TRT) in Vosman, Witbank, in December 2025, during which five AK-47 rifles and explosives were recovered. Ballistic testing later confirmed that one of the firearms had been used in the robbery.
“Ballistic analysis confirmed that one of the recovered AK-47 assault rifles was positively linked to a cash-in-transit robbery that occurred on June 2, 2025, along Verena Road in Witbank,” Hawks spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Magonseni Nkosi said.
