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Update: High-level probe underway following OR Tambo airport heist – SA
7:19 CAT | 08 Mar 2017
Acsa / An armed group reportedly made off with millions of rand during a robbery at OR Tambo Airport on Tuesday.
A high-level investigation by the Hawks and other law enforcement agencies is underway following a robbery of alleged millions of rands at OR Tambo International Airport.
An armed group reportedly made off with millions of rand during a robbery at OR Tambo International Airport on Tuesday night.
It’s understood the gang made its way into the airport and stole the money from a South African Airways plane.
While officials won’t give the exact amount taken, reports say it amounts to more than R20 million.
Airports Company South Africa in a statement said there were no injuries reported and no shots fired.
The Hawks’s Hangwani Mulaudzi says while the details are still sketchy at the moment an in-depth investigation is underway.
“There’s a high-level investigation that is underway, which includes ourselves the Hawks and the police and other agencies.”
Mulaudzi says the Hawks cannot confirm the amount stolen yet.
Source: EWN
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