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Liquor store robbery in Yeoville under investigation

"Three of the suspects approached the cashier and told him to give them the keys to the safe, which he said he didn’t have," Mabizela said.

Yeoville SAPS is investigating a case of business robbery following an incident at a liquor store in Yeoville.

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Spokesperson for the Yeoville Police Station Captain Sifiso Mabizela said that the incident took place on September 22 at about 8ppm when four suspects entered the liquor store.

“Three of the suspects approached the cashier and told him to give them the keys to the safe, which he said he didn’t have,” Mabizela said.

“One suspect stood outside with a firearm to stand guard. The suspects inside the store broke the cash register and left with it.”

Mabizela said that the cash register contained approximately R7 000.

Persons with information about the incident are urged to come forward.

Contact Yeoville Police Station on 011 481 0300.

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Editor-in-Chief of Caxton Joburg Metro with 26 years' experience in the community newspaper industry. I serve as Gauteng Director and deputy executive director of the Forum of Community Journalists and I am a press representative of the Press Council SA.

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