Pretoria - When five robbers made off with a trailer full of booze worth R2.5 million, they never imagined they would be hijacked, especially by police officers.
Two Ekurhuleni crime intelligence officers appeared on Thursday in the Germiston Magistrate’s Court for a bail hearing.
Warrant Officer Ernest Mofokeng and Constable Anderson Dlamini allegedly intercepted the truck with 16 800 bottles of alcohol and then sold the booze off for R300 000.
At the beginning of this month, it was reported that a heist had taken place at Jan Smuts Warehouse Park. Five robbers held security guards and drivers hostage and stole liquor that had arrived from Durban.
This included pricey bottles of Johnny Walker, Bell’s, White Horse, Red Heart and Smirnoff.
The four-hour ordeal ended at 4am.
As the gang were driving through Elsburg in Ekurhuleni, they were allegedly stopped by Mofokeng and Dlamini, who were in plain clothes and an unmarked car.
“They pulled the truck over, not knowing there was all that alcohol,” said Hawks spokesman Captain Paul Ramaloko.
“They then took them to the Germiston police station. The hijackers were co-operative because they were frightened. While he hijackers waited at the station, the two officers took the keys and offloaded the alcohol. They then gave the keys back and let the hijackers go.”
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