The Kuruman Magistrates Court has denied bail to Pogisho Shuping, 41, who is facing charges related to the Tsineng Police Station robbery in the Northern Cape.
National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) regional spokesperson, Mojalefa Senokoatsane said that Shuping had pleaded not guilty to the charges he was facing as accused number one in the matter. He had earlier applied for bail on 1 October.
He is facing charges of possession of unlicensed firearms, possession of ammunition and robbery.
“The accused was arrested after an incident where three armed men entered a police station in a village of Tsineng near Kuruman and robbed the station of various weapon after tying up the officer on duty at the police station Community Service Centre,” Senokoatsane said.
“Weapons stolen during the robbery included 3 rifles, 2 shotguns as well as ammunition. After an intensive multi-disciplined investigation, the guns as well as ammunition were found at the residence of the accused,” Senokoatsane said.
Senokoatsane said that the state prosecutor had opposed bail given the seriousness of the schedule five offence charges that the suspect was facing.” “The accused will remain in custody until his next appearance on 11 November as the investigations are ongoing,” Senokoatsanes said.
The Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (Popcru) earlier condemned the robbery at the police station. The suspects had allegedly pointed a gun at a female police officer who was alone when the incident took place.
According to Popcru similar incidents have also recently taken place in Mpumalanga and the Eastern Cape.
Popcru spokesperson Richard Mamabolo told the SABC at the time said this was because police stations in rural areas are under resourced.
“Different police stations report on a regular basis that these are the challenges we’re facing and yet those reports do not amount to any form of action from the regional offices. So it’s got a lot to do with the fact that there are uneven allocation of resources within the SAPS,” Mamabolo told the SABC
“Police stations within rural areas are under-resourced whereas those in affluent areas are well-resourced. They have got surveillance cameras as well, sometimes they have security guards,” Mamabolo said.
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