The suspects tied up the attendants and started to grind into the concrete between the safe and the floor, Marius Jacobs from Northern Security said.
According to Jacobs, the suspects managed to loosen the safe and cut the roll bolts.
No one was harmed and no injuries were sustained during the robbery.
The five suspects fled the scene with the safe and an undisclosed amount of cash.
According to one of the victims a vehicle arrived to pick up the suspects.
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