SPRINGBOK Pharmacy in Alberton Mall has been targeted yet again, the second time in nearly as many months.
Around 5.30am on Thursday, July 20, an unknown number of suspects allegedly broke into the well-known pharmacy, targeting specifically the perfume, but were halted through the intervention of CPS Security.
It appears the suspects used a metal pole to smash the window and then kicked it in to gain entrance to the pharmacy.
According to the manager of the pharmacy, Yvette Serrurier, the centre management’s security saw this happening on CCTV and contacted CPF Security, whose members were soon on the scene.
“A gunfight ensued and one of the suspects was hit in the shoulder but was able to climb into the getaway vehicle with the other unknown number of suspects,” Serrurier told the RECORD.
“I’m pleased there was nobody around when this happened. Stuff can be replaced but not people’s lives,” she continued.
“It was very well organised and they were very fast. I think we got most of our stock back because they dropped two big bags full of stock when the CPS arrived and they fled,” concludes Serrurier.
CPS Security says they will update us at a later stage, but that the police are still investigating.
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