Three held after police chase

A HIGH-speed car chase came to a dramatic end when an armed gang crashed a hijacked vehicle into a building in North End, Port Elizabeth, yesterday.

Three suspects, all in their 20s, were arrested by members of the police Tactical Response Team (TRT) about an hour after they crashed the vehicle into the corner of a building at the Brassel Street and Govan Mbeki Avenue intersection at about 11.30am.

The men, one of them armed with a firearm, had fled after allegedly robbing an Altech Autopage business in Sixth Avenue, Walmer, just before 11am.

After holding up three women in the store, the robbers escaped with a large amount of cash and what is believed to be tens of thousands of rands' worth of cellphones and laptops.

The only person injured in all the drama was one of the suspects, who cut himself on glass from the store while trying to flee.

Police closed Govan Mbeki Avenue to traffic for a while as a crowd of onlookers gathered at the scene.

After crashing the vehicle, the men fled towards Robert Street where they entered One-Stop Take- Aways and tried to escape through a back entrance. They were arrested behind the store. - Shaun Gillham