South Africa ( Times Live ) Hired killers’ target was high-profile person, says MEC Sipho Hlomuka
Five heavily armed men who were allegedly on their way to kill a high-profile person were intercepted by police at Cato Manor, Durban, on Thursday.
KwaZulu-Natal community safety MEC Sipho Hlomuka said the five were suspected of being hitmen linked to a number of cases.
He said police received a tip-off about an impending “hit” and acted on the information.
The men were travelling in three vehicles — a silver bakkie, a hired Toyota Starlet and a third car belonging to one of the men.
Hlomuka said the bakkie was allegedly stolen at Inanda and the suspects were going to use it as one of their escape vehicles.
“I’m not going to mention the person’s name as we are still in the process of investigations but he is a high-profile person in Durban. Police followed the cars and found many guns that I’m not going to mention by name,” he said, adding that they had arrested at least four people.
Five men were handcuffed by the police next to a bakkie at the scene of the arrest.
He said reasons why the “high-profile person” had been targeted were still unknown.
“The police are going to do the work and process all the firearms found at the scene and also we are going to investigate the phones that were found in the possession of the suspects. Their phones are ringing as we speak and whoever hired them to go and kill that person is calling to check how far they are,” he said.
Source : Times Live
