By Ilanit Chernick and Jeanne Kuang —

Johannesburg – A shot-out red Volkswagen GTI sat on the side of the highway with the main suspect lying on the ground handcuffed next to it.

There was glass and petrol on the M1 South as police vehicles cordoned off the area.

Gunshots continued to ring out from the other side of the highway after journalists arrived on the scene.

On Wednesday, a car chase and shootout that began on Marlboro Drive ended just after the Grayston Drive off-ramp.

Police spokesman Lieutenant-Colonel Lungelo Dlamini said members of the Sandton Field Unit were on routine patrol when they spotted a suspicious red VW in Sandton City.

“When they tried to stop the vehicle at Marlboro Drive and Old Pretoria Road, the vehicle with two occupants sped off,” Dlamini said.

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