Byline: Levhuwani Matumba
25 January 2022
Putco bus driver and passengers were robbed during the early morning of Tuesday, 25 January 2022 at about 2.45 am at Vlaaklagte No.2 in Tweefontein.
According to the police information, the bus was loaded with passengers traveling from Tweefontein K to Tweefontein A.
On arrival at a bus stop in Tweefontein A loading passengers, three unknown armed men stormed into the bus and threatened the driver and passengers with firearms.
They took the driver’s bag, cellular phone, staff card, cash and fired two shots as they proceeded to rob passengers of their valuables (mostly cash and cellular phones).
They also drove the bus for a short distance, parked it, and ran away with the keys.
No one was injured during the incidents and the suspects are unknown.
A case of Robbery with a firearm is being investigated by the Police.
Police request anyone with information about the whereabouts of the suspects to immediately contact *Captain Vusimuzi Mahlangu on 072 407 7012* or call the Crime Stop number on 08600 10111. Alternatively, members of the public can send information via MYSAPSAPP. All received information will be treated as confidential and callers may opt to remain anonymous.
The Provincial Commissioner of SAPS in Mpumalanga, Lieutenant General Semakaleng Daphney Manamela has expressed her shock and disappointment on the robbers who robbed a bus driver and commuters on their way to work this morning and instructed for the immediate arrest of the suspects.
