Three suspects were arrested after a violent hijacking attempt on a liquor truck in Gauteng, where police rescued the injured driver and recovered an unlicensed firearm.
Suspects arrested following a daring liquor truck hijacking and shoot-out. File pictureA swift response by highway patrol officers thwarted a brazen hijacking of a liquor truck on Monday, November 18, on the N4 Mabopane highway, north of Tshwane.The truck was intercepted around 5pm by two armed motorcyclists, while three additional vehicles blocked its path. The suspects forcibly removed the truck driver from his vehicle, but when he resisted, one of them fired a shot, wounding him.
“The suspects opened fire on the police officers, who retaliated and successfully brought the vehicles, including the hijacked truck to a halt,” said police spokesperson, Captain Johan van Dyk.A pistol with 11 rounds of ammunition was recovered at the scene of the hijacking. Picture: supplied/SAPS Police confirmed that the firearm would undergo ballistic testing to determine its involvement in other crimes.
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