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The crime scene of a cash-in-transit robbery in Mbekweni.Photo: Supplied
Yet another cash-in-transit (CIT) robbery has hit the Drakenstein area this month. The latest incident took place at the Shoprite Midway Centre in Mbekweni on Monday around 08:00.
According to Mbekweni police spokesperson Sgt Nceba Vanqa, seven unknown men approached the G4 Security official as he was coming out of Shoprite with cash.
âThey pointed a firearm at him, demanding the money and his service pistol,â he said. âThey fled the scene with an undisclosed cash amount and the firearm.â
The box, with ink-stain capability, in which the money was transported was found abandoned in the Thembani Square area in Mbekweni.
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According to police spokesperson Brigadier Novela Potelwa, a G4 security guard was coming out of the supermarket after collecting cash when seven suspects approached him. They allegedly pointed a firearm at him and demanded money as well as his pistol. They allegedly fled the scene with an undisclosed amount of cash and the firearm.
“Later on, the box without the money was found abandoned in the Thembani Square area in Mbekweni,” Potelwa said.
“Four men residing in nearby shacks were taken in for questioning by the Hawks investigators. A case docket is being investigated by the Hawks,” Potelwa said.