A 39-year-old man is due to appear in the Pinetown Magistrate's Court on Wednesday after was found in possession of explosives earlier this week.
Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (the Hawks) spokesperson in KwaZulu-Natal, Lieutenant Colonel Simphiwe Mhlongo, said the explosives recovered are used in cash-in-transit heists.
"Hawks members from Durban Serious Organised Crime Investigation working together with Special Task Force, Crime Intelligence and Explosives Unit recovered the explosives at Kwadabeka township in Durban.
"Police received information about a suspect who was in possession of explosives which are used for cash-in-transit heist. A joint operation was swiftly conducted and in the early hours of the morning police proceeded to the house.
“A search was conducted, during the search nine sticks of explosives, four detonators, and 39 live rounds of ammunition were found," Mhlongo said.
KZN Hawks head, Major General Lesetja Senona, welcomed the arrest and applauded the members for their good work.
The arrest comes on the back of a shootout in Phoenix, where police fatally wounded two cash-in-transit suspects.
IOL reported that the men were involved in a cash heist in Kranskop, in the Umzinyathi District in KwaZulu-Natal, late on Monday afternoon. At least eight suspects were involved in the robbery and made off with a substantial amount of cash.
Police had been following up on information and tracing the suspects, early on Tuesday morning and a shootout ensued.
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