A police captain narrowly survived heavy gunfire in a shootout on the N2 highway on Thursday morning. (Supplied/SAPS)
A crime expert has raised concern about the level of violence seen during cash-in-transit (CIT) robberies, with several incidents occurring in KwaZulu-Natal since Monday.
Chad Thomas, an organised crime investigator from IRS Forensic Investigations, told News24 that CIT criminals are becoming more dangerous and better equipped with automatic rifles, commercial explosives and high-speed vehicles.
This after a police captain narrowly survived a hail of bullets from CIT robbers on the N2 Highway northbound, just before the KwaMashu Highway off-ramp, on Thursday morning.
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