WATCH: Videos emerge of brazen ‘Merc’ gang in uMhlanga robbery
The suspects have been linked to other robberies in and around Durban.
VIDEO footage of the brazen gang of armed robbers who were involved in a shootout with Marshall Security on Tuesday afternoon has emerged. The gang, who had been using a white Mercedes Benz, have been linked to cases in Westville, Berea and north Durban, confirmed Capt Raymond Deokaran, spokesman for the Durban North SAPS.
Two of the gang members were killed in a shootout on Lansdowne Crescent, while the other members of the gang escaped on foot after abandoning the vehicle near the Redhill Cemetery.
According to Deokaran, the gang were highly organised and heavily armed. Typically (as seen in the video) one of the gang members, with an AK47 or assault rifle would stand guard outside the homes they targeted.
In the first video, the suspects are seen at a home in uMhlanga (Windsor Avenue) ransacking the place while the armed suspect stands guard outside.
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The suspects would then move on to a Savell Avenue home which they were unsuccessful in robbing before moving on to Lansdowne Crescent where the shootout occurred.
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A local resident, who lives a few streets away, sent the Northglen News a video where you can clearly hear a volley of gunshots being exchanged between Marshall Security officers and the suspects.
Around 50 rounds of ammunition were exchanged in the gun fight.
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