SECURITY armed response officers arrested a brazen ATM thief who had managed to crawl into a bank in the Durban CBD in the early hours of the morning on 29 November.
Blue Security community and media liaison officer Andreas Mathios said two officers responded to an alarm activation in Anton Lembede Road at around 4.30am
“When the officers arrived at the bank they found that the suspects had removed the entire front panel of an ATM machine and one suspect, who had climbed through the opening was still inside the bank. It is unclear how the suspects managed to remove the panel as no tools, other than a piece of wood, were found at the scene. The officers ordered the suspect to come out of the bank. They arrested the suspect and handed him over to the Durban Central SAPS,” Mathios said.
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Mathios said it appeared that at least two suspects had targeted the ATM machine.
“The money canisters in the machine were still in tact although it appeared as if the suspects may have used a crowbar to try and open them up,” Mathios said.
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