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Somerset West man faces court over robbery

Weekend Argus on Saturday

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May 17, 2025

AN alleged cash-in-transit robber appeared in the Somerset West Magistrate’s Court this week in connection with a heist outside a supermarket in January this year.

- ROBIN-LEE FRANCKE

Somerset West man faces court over robbery

Nyameko Samela, 40, was charged with attempted murder and cash-in-transit robbery.

He was arrested by members of the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation’s (known as Hawks) National Priority Violent Crime (NPVC) team based in Bellville.

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