Police, airport officials, were warned 90 minutes before heist but did nothing
'We have damning information that what really happened is being covered up ... that warnings were received but were not acted on by senior police management'
16 March 2017 - 07:41
Police at Johannesburg's OR Tambo International Airport were given about 90 minutes, warning of the daring cash heist last week — but could not stop it, largely because officers on duty failed to answer their phones. Four sources with knowledge of the warning told The Times that had the information been acted on, the heist could have been thwarted.
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