Paramedics 'robber' held

A 29-YEAR-OLD man has been arrested for robbing paramedics, Johannesburg metro police said yesterday.

Three paramedics were held up by three men while attending to a patient in White City, Soweto, on Friday, said Metro police spokesman Wayne Minnaar.

Metro police in the vicinity responded to a radio message and were able to capture one man suspected of the crime.

A wallet, GPS navigation device and cellphone belonging to the paramedics were recovered from him.

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