A 23-year-old man with a bag of explosives in a fully laden taxi in Umhlanga has been arrested by the Hawks in KwaZulu-Natal while en route to Durban’s CBD on Tuesday.
Hawks members received information about a suspect who was in possession of commercial explosives, spokesperson Captain Simphiwe Mhlongo confirmed.
“It is alleged the suspect was in a taxi travelling to Durban. The taxi was intercepted on the M41, and the suspect tried to escape, but he was arrested. Commercial explosives were found in his bag. The explosive unit and local criminal record centre were summoned to process the crime scene as well as to secure the exhibits.”
“At 9:40am we received a call from members of the Hawks anti-gang unit who said they had intercepted a suspect with a lot of explosives in a taxi. We were requested to block off parts of the road, it is a very busy street from Durban North into Umhlanga. We cordoned off Umhlanga Rocks Drive, La Lucia and the M4 and waiting for the bomb squad to complete their sweep of the vicinity once the suspect was arrested.”
The suspect is expected at the Durban magistrate’s court on Thursday.
