Central SA
Man accused of robbing NC police station abandons bail application─── 11:58 Thu, 12 Aug 2021
A suspect in the armed robbery of a police station in the Tsineng Village in the Northern Cape will be back in the Kuruman Magistrate's Court on August 25.
The 41-year-old Pogisho Shuping abandoned his bail application on Wednesday.
Shuping, who was arrested by the Hawks on Tuesday last week in connection with the robbery at the Tsineng Police Station, appeared briefly in court on Wednesday.
He was found in possession of all stolen firearms and ammunition that were taken during robbery at the police station.
Shuping was supposed to apply for a formal bail applicatio but his lawyer told the court that he will be abandoning his bail application.
The case has been postponed to the 25th of August for further investigations, as requested by the state.
