Andre Stander

Who was Andre Stander?

Andre Stander was a police captain at the CID branch of Kempton Park Police Station, South Africa, who began robbing banks in the 1970s and later became known in popular media as the head of the "Stander Gang" in the early 1980s. His father, Frans Stander, was a general in the South African Department of Correctional Services.

Andre became well known for the audacious manner with which he carried out his crimes: He sometimes robbed banks on his lunch break, often returning to the crime scene as an investigating officer.