AN armed robbery took place at Mall of the South, when three armed men approached the manager and shop assistant at the Samsung store at 19:00 on Tuesday, September 6, as the store was about to close.
The manager and assistant were asked for the safe and store room keys and were ordered to lie down and were tied up with cable ties.
An undisclosed amount of cash was taken and the armed men untied the shop assistant and ordered him to assist them in loading up a shopping trolley with items from the storeroom, including TVs , tablets and cellphones. The sales assistant was then again tied up and ordered to lie down.
According to Mondeor SAPS communication officer, Captain Lunga Dube, the getaway truck had been hijacked earlier in the day in Diepsloot, Soweto, along with the truck driver.
“No shots were fired in the centre and no one was injured,” she told the RECORD.
“The truck was driven through the boom and abandoned in South Road, Mulbarton. Mondeor SAPS and CPF patrollers were quickly on the scene and the truck driver was found still in the abandoned truck, along with some of the stolen goods. The three armed robbers escaped and are still at large,” Dube added.
A case of business robbery has been opened and Mondeor SAPS are investigating the case.
We are awaiting comment from the marketing and communication officer of Mall of the South, Krystal Coconas.
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