3 ROBBERS FOUND WITH SD NOTES SHOT DEAD IN SA

PONGOLA, SOUTH AFRICA – Bundles of local E100 notes were recovered from three robbers who were killed during a shoot-out with South African police officers.

Apart from the undisclosed amount of cash which was both in local and South African currency, a bakkie together with a firearm that was loaded with live rounds of ammunition were seized from the thugs.
Police believe the vehicle was stolen from another crime scene, prior to the shoot-out.

Witnesses said the recovery of the items followed a fierce gun battle that ensued after the police were tipped off about a group of armed men who were planning to rob a Supermarket in Pongola, which is situated in the KwaZulu-Natal Province of South Africa but closer to the Nsalitje Border Gate, in the Shiselweni region.

Reports are that when the police received information about the planned robbery, they set up an observation camp close to the targeted retail outlet.
Moments later, as indicated in the warning, the robbers arrived in a suspected stolen vehicle and when the police confronted them they opened fire.
The three suspects were badly wounded during the heavy exchange of fire, and later declared dead.

The incident found an echo in the KZN acting Provincial Commissioner Major General Bheki Langa, who commended the affected officers and expressed gratitude that none of them got injured during the shoot-out.
Authorities in South Africa suspect the thugs may have committed another crime in the kingdom before crossing the border into the neighbouring country.

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