Cops have arrested four would-be skelms who were on the verge of robbing a Cape Flats garage.
Police say the dom skelms were on foot and were quickly caught after the attempted robbery at the Engen Garage along Hindle Road, near Wesbank and Mfuleni, shortly after 4am on Tuesday morning.
Members of the Mfuleni police’s Crime Prevention Unit received a tip-off and were gou on the scene and nabbed the skelms before they could pull off their robbery.
Cops confiscated a loaded firearm with its serial number filed off.
The men from Delft and Mfuleni didn’t even have a getaway car and had apparently walked from Mfuleni to the garage with their gun.
SEIZED: Loaded gun
But someone smelt a rat and tipped off cops, who arrived and arrested the would-be robbers on the spot, a source says.
The robbers were taken to the cells at Mfuleni police station.
Police spokesperson, Sergeant Noloyiso Rwexana, confirm: “An attempted robbery case at a business premises has been opened for investigation following an incident that occurred early this morning at the shop of a garage.
“No injuries reported and no arrests made.”