CRIME SCENE: Paarden Eiland, Cape Town: The police have arrested a man in Mitchells Plain after a large amount of cash was stolen from a vehicle.

According to the police the Western Cape Anti-Economic Crime Task Team, in collaboration with the Counterfeit and Illicit Goods Policing Team, recovered an undisclosed amount of cash that was stolen from the vehicle in Paarden Eiland on Monday, 9 November 2026.

The police said the car belonged to a businessman from Maitland, who reported that he was transporting R449 000 in cash to the bank and made a stop in Section Street. 

“That is when the suspects jammed his vehicle. When he came back, the vehicle was unlocked and the cash gone.

“The Task Team received information that suspects were splitting the money at an address in Mockingbird Street, Watergate, Mitchells Plain. 

“They immediately went there and found a 44-year-old man. A search was conducted and three signal jamming devices were found, as well as a large sum of cash that he could not account for. The suspect was arrested for possession of stolen property,” said the police.