While detectives from the Primrose Police Station were taking case dockets to Germiston recently, they witnessed a smash-and-grab.<\/p>\n
The attack took place on the corner of Shamrock and Pretoria roads.<\/p>
\u201cThe detectives saw three men standing near the robot.<\/p>\n
\u201cWithin a blink of an eye one of the men had smashed a vehicle\u2019s window and stolen a laptop out of the vehicle,\u201d explained Sgt Styles Maome, communications officer for the Primrose police.<\/p>
The man ran towards the Delport informal settlement and the officers gave chase on foot, cornering him in a shack.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen the man was cornered he produced a sharp object and tried to stab one of the officers.<\/p>\n
\u201cA second officer drew his firearm and shot the man in the right leg,\u201d said Maome.<\/p>\n
Police retrieved the laptop during the man\u2019s arrest.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe 25-year-old suspect is a well-known smash-and-grab kingpin; he was recently released from jail,\u201d added Maome.<\/p>\n
The man was taken to the Tembisa Hospital under police guard.<\/p>\n
He will appear in the Germiston Magistrates Court when he is released from hospital.<\/p>\n
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