Armed robbers raided the Johannesburg High Court and carted away documents, including those dealing with high-profile organised crimes, a senior court official said on Monday.
”The armed robbers broke into the high court at about 10pm on Sunday, overpowered the security guards and tied them up,” Johannesburg director of public prosecutions Charin de Beer said.
”They stole many items, highly sensitive documents from the offices they broke into, including those of the National Prosecuting Authority,” she said.
One of the documents stolen deals with a bank-fraud case involving R46-million, which was due to come up in the court on Monday, she said.
No arrests have yet been made but the police have launched an investigation into the robbery, she added.
The court was sealed up on Monday morning following the robbery, de Beer said. — AFP
