Fidelity guard arrested after Hawks uncover alleged Cape Town airport cash heist ‘inside job’

A Fidelity crewman has been arrested over an alleged inside job during a cash-in-transit robbery near Cape Town International Airport in September 2025.

A Fidelity security guard has been arrested at his Gugulethu home after Hawks investigators uncovered evidence suggesting that a cash-in-transit robbery near Cape Town International Airport was staged with the help of the very people entrusted to protect the money.

The 40-year-old crewman was arrested on Thursday, November 5, 2026, more than a year after armed robbers ambushed a Fidelity cash van in Airport Industria and used explosives to gain access to the money.

The arrest followed an investigation into the September 2025 robbery in Borchards Quarry Road, Airport Industria. The Hawks said a warrant was obtained on 30 October after the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) considered the completed investigation.

According to Hawks spokesperson Captain Zinzi Hani, the Fidelity crew was travelling along Airport Approach Road towards its base in Parow Industria when a white Nissan bakkie stopped in front of the armoured vehicle.

The truck collided with the bakkie. When the driver attempted to reverse, a white Toyota Fortuner blocked the vehicle from behind, while a Volkswagen Polo pulled up.

Gunmen emerged from the vehicles and opened fire on the cash-in-transit truck, forcing the guards to flee into nearby bushes.

Hani said the driver was caught by one of the suspects.

“The driver was tackled by a suspect and searched,” she said.

The suspect took the driver’s cellphone and R200 in cash.

Meanwhile, other suspects approached the armoured truck and attached explosives to it. Their actions were interrupted when a Flying Squad vehicle, travelling to a shooting in Elsies River, came across the robbery.

The suspects fled in the Fortuner and Nissan bakkie, leaving the Polo behind.

“The VW Polo hatchback was set alight and completely burnt out,” Hani said.

She added that an undisclosed amount of money was taken and never recovered.

The investigation led detectives to suspect that the robbery had been staged, with two members of the Fidelity crew allegedly involved.

Hani said investigators concluded that “the Cash in Transit Robbery appeared to have been staged”.

According to the Hawks, “two of the Fidelity guards were believed to have been involved”.

The DPP ruled that the driver and the crewman should be arrested and charged. Only the crewman has been arrested so far.

“Tracing continues for the second person,” Hani said.

The case follows other investigations into alleged inside involvement in cash-in-transit robberies. In a separate case, three Fidelity guards were arrested over an alleged inside job in Bloemfontein.

Hani said the 40-year-old appeared in the Bishop Lavis Magistrates’ Court on Friday, 6 November 2026.

The case was postponed to 18 November for a bail application.