WEST Rand police said on Friday that they have arrested eight suspects in connection with the robbery at the Roodepoort Cascades Shopping Mall which left a police officer and a suspected robber dead and several people wounded. The shoot-out took place earlier with an armed gang which ambushed security guards at the mall. Police confronted the robbers when they also tried to rob a nearby pub. One member of the gang is still believed to be at large. Also on Friday the North Rand anti-hijack unit said it has arrested 61 people and recovered 65 hijacked or stolen cars in a crackdown which started on February 23.