 These are often well-planned operations with military-style execution, where the robbers use stolen luxury vehicles and high-powered automatic firearms to bring the armoured car to a stop.In 2006, there were 467 reported cases, 400 in 2007/2008, 119 in 2012, 180 in 2014 and 370 in 2017.Arrest rates are generally low, but it was believed that the 2017/2018 spate of heists in Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West and Gauteng were brought to an end with the arrest of Wellington Cenenda.