The accused hijacked a BAT vehicle in 2015 and were arrested after a shootout with police.
KwaZulu-Natal police has on Friday welcomed the sentence handed down to the hijackers of British American Tobacco vehicles in Durban which was reported four years ago.
Nene was further sentenced to 15 years imprisonment for possession of an unlicensed firearm and a further two years for possession of ammunition. “The accused threatened the victim with firearms and hijacked his vehicle. The accused men then loaded the boxes of cigarettes into their vehicle and fled the scene.”
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