Chopper chase nets 3
2003-10-01 16:02
Johannesburg - Three young men were arrested and stolen property was recovered after a helicopter chase through the south of Johannesburg on Wednesday, police said.
Sergeant Sanku Tsunke said a 38-year-old woman was robbed of household goods at gunpoint in her house at Kibler Park at 11:15.
A Mondeor-based routine police patrol saw three men in a grey Volkswagen Golf in nearby Nancefield at 11:30 and signalled it to stop. Instead it sped away.
The patrol called up a helicopter from the police air wing that tracked the speeding Golf to Joe Slovo informal settlement where the men were arrested.
A quantity of allegedly stolen goods was recovered.
- SAPA