Hawks pounce on alleged burglar three years after SA’s biggest jewellery heist
The hole hacked in the wall to get into the vault where a stash of expensive watches was kept.A suspected thief, allegedly linked to the burglary and theft of SA billionaire Johann Rupert’s Johannesburg jewellery warehouse, has been arrested by the Hawks in Soweto.
The theft occurred at Ballywoods Office Park in Bryanston on August 9 2019, when 15 men, escorted by bogus security guards, stole an estimated R300m worth of high-end watches and jewellery belonging to Rupert’s Richemont Luxury Goods .RLG is part of Rupert’s Richemont business group. Through Vendome Distributors, it supplies boutique jewellery stores with items such as diamond watches by Montblanc and Cartier, two of the brands owned by Richemont.
None of the jewellery has ever been recovered, with most of it believed to have been sold to overseas buyers. In a statement issued on Wednesday, Hawks spokesperson warrant officer Bonnie Nxumalo said detectives from the Hawks’ Germiston-based serious organised crime unit followed up on information which led them to Soweto, where they tracked and nabbed 39-year-old Mduduzi Nxumalo on Monday.
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