No-nonsense escort for armed robbery suspects

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An unprecedented 30-strong armed escort of DIS agents and SSG officers in a convoy of 10 vehicles surrounded armed robbery suspects Calvin Ramatlhape and Amogelang Modisaotsile when they arrived at Village Magistrates Court for mention yesterday morning.

The convoy included high-speed BMWs ridden by DIS agents armed with rapid-fire machine guns to seal all possibilities of escape for the two men whose profiles as high-risk customers rose sharply after they injured a jail guard when they last appeared in court on July 26. 

They were re-arrested last Thursday in an equally Hollywood style operation when secret agents pounced after shadowing them since their daring escape in a police vehicle last month.   Once an armed detail had escorted the suspects into Courtroom 3, other DIS agents and a small contingent of SSG officers fanned out to block all approaches to the court.

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