Policeman tells of shootout drama
By TMG Editor - 21 February 2014
A POLICEMAN who was involved in an undercover operation to stop the planned theft of millions of rands of liquid platinum in Deal Party in Port Elizabeth in 2011 was cross-examined yesterday about how police officers opened fire at the scene.
Sergeant Richard Thembenkosi Mahlana told the Port Elizabeth High Court that police opened fire on armed men after hearing only one shot go off. It shattered a window of a Brink's security vehicle.
Six alleged members of the gang behind the planned heist died in a shootout with the police.
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