Orrin Singh2 April 2025 | 15:59

Cash-in-transit heist suspects killed in shootout with KZN cops

It is understood the group was being monitored following Monday’s cash-in-transit heist on the M25 highway in KwaMashu, where an undisclosed amount of cash was taken. 

Cash-in-transit heist suspects killed in shootout with KZN cops

Five men suspected of blowing up a cash van in KwaMashu have on 2 April 2025 been killed in a shooting with KwaZulu-Natal police in Ridgeview, Durban. Picture: Katlego Jiyane/EWN

JOHANNESBURG - Five men suspected of blowing up a cash van in KwaMashu have been killed in a shooting with KwaZulu-Natal police in Ridgeview, Durban. 

It is understood the group was being monitored following Monday’s cash-in-transit heist on the M25 highway in KwaMashu, where an undisclosed amount of cash was taken. 

The suspects were allegedly hiding out at a safe house in the area when members of the police and the Hawks swooped in and confronted them. 

They were shot and killed in a vehicle they were using.

This is a developing story. More details to follow.