A few hours later, information was received which led the team to Kom location in a homestead in Keiskammahoek.
“The team was received with a hail of bullets from the assailants in the suspicious homestead and the police were forced to retaliate with the same force which ended with five of the assailants fatally wounded,” Hawks spokesperson Capt Yolisa Mgolodela said.
Police also seized:
cash in money bags;three AK 47 rifles;an R1 rifle;four R5 rifles; and 17 magazines with a large number of live rounds of ammunition.
A 58-year-old suspect, the owner of the homestead, was arrested and will appear in King William’s Town (Qonce) magistrate’s court soon.
“A follow-up investigation ensued which led to the arrest of three suspects driving in a suspicious Porsche vehicle with GP registration between Queenstown (Komani) and Cradock,” Mgolodela said.
Police also seized cash in stacks of R100 and R200 notes in original cash bags, four burner cellphones and the Porsche Cayenne vehicle.
“The Porsche was found to be reported stolen in Gauteng.”
The three suspects will make their first court appearance before the Cradock magistrate’s court on Thursday.
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