Insane Highway Robbery Gone Wrong

As the bad guys started to open fire on the vehicle. Leo Prinsloo, used his training and his defensive driving skills, leading the bad guys on a high-speed chase back and forth on the N4. Leo remained calm the entire time, cool and collected as he navigated the Land Cruiser to a safer area, in the process he rammed both attack vehicles rendering both vehicles inoperable, as he also got the CIT vehicle stuck.

Now, just off the highway and in front of a McDonald’s restaurant, he and partner Lloyd Mtombeni (who was only on his fourth day with Fortis), prepared to confront the attackers with their AR-15 and pistols. However, the attackers turned their tails and ran.

“There is nothing that can really prepare you 100% for a situation like that,” said Leo

So, how did Leo Prinsloo remain so calm and was able to navigate the Land Cruiser at high speed all while demonstrating his defensive driving skills, it was almost like he does this every day. Well…. 52-year-old Leo Prinsloo is a  former (served for 12 years) SAPS Special Task Force (elite police tactical unit of the South African Police Service) sniper and he rose to the rank of Captain. After he left the SAPS, Leo has also been a bodyguard for Prince Charles, the Kardashians, and Nelson Mandela. He is now the head instructor of Fortis Pro Active Defence Solutions Lone Operator courses and owner of the Edge Shooting Academy in Centurion. This CIT gig was just a side hustle for him and I think the attackers picked the wrong CIT vehicle to rob, as they obviously were no match for Leo.

In the video, you can hear him instructing Mtombeni with commands like “They’re going to shoot. They’re going to f****** shoot.”, “Phone Robbie, phone Josh. Ask them where they are.”

Final score good guys 1 bad guy 0 (plus one bad guy died and they left with no money). And the badass of the week is Leo Prinsloo.

For those of you who are stating that Mtombeni did nothing and he was lost, first, it was his 4th day on the job, so it is very likely that he didn’t know what to do, as he was still training; second, you were not there, so I don’t want to hear how much better you would have done something different. You have the ability to watch it happen and not have the high pressure of bullets flying at you; third, the cabin of the vehicle is very small and cramped, there is no room for him to maneuver the AR-15, nor do the windows function as they are armored, all he could do was sit there and enjoy the ride. There is a spot in the video, where he hands the AR-15 to Leo, if you pay attention, you will notice that the vehicle was stopped or nearly stopped, so Lloyd likely thought that Leo was going to exit the vehicle.

And for those that said that Mtombeni could have called the police, their boss, or someone. One part that the video doesn’t highlight, but according to the police after the investigation, the attackers had a cellular jammer, which made communication to outside help, impossible.

Apparently, there were several huge busts following this video, including arresting several police officials.