Security guards to appear in court on Monday for Florida cash-in-transit heist

Three security guards, who were transporting money in the Florida cash-in-transit heist where a tow truck driver was shot and killed, will appear in the Krugersdorp Magistrate Court on Monday.

Investigations led to the arrest of the trio after bags of money estimated at around R2.2 million were found hidden in a dustbin on the premises next to where the money van was attacked.

A further R1 million was found hidden in the the bombed cash in transit van under the seat of the crew.

The men aged 25, 28, and 40 are facing charges of murder, armed robbery, conspiracy to commit armed robbery, possession of suspected stolen money, perjury, and defeating the ends of justice.

The other suspects are still at large.

Police have launched a manhunt for an undisclosed number of suspects after a failed cash-in-transit heist in Florida on Gauteng’s West Rand. The CIT van was allegedly bombed, injuring a security guard. #sabcnews

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Hawks Spokesperson, Ndivhuwo Mulamu, says investigators have done a thorough job.

“When we arrived at the scene, we learned of a different version of what had happened earlier during the cash in transit robbery. However, a thorough investigation was conducted in all three crime scenes which resulted for the three G4S men to be taken in for questioning and subsequently apprehended and charged.”