CHAIRPERSON
Why would it not be important?  They are transporting illegal arms which was a contravention of the law at the time?  That must have ranked as one of the top priorities of the Police Force at the time?
	They want to transport these weapons in the back of a bakkie, of course he did say they put the weapons in the front.  That may be so, but wouldn't it be safer to have hijacked an ordinary sedan?  Does the fact that they didn't, not cast a bit of doubt as to actually why the van was hijacked?