Cash in transit robbers flee with R395 000
Robbers stage daring cash-in-transit heist in Durban North.
ARMED robbers staged a daring cash-in-transit heist at the Pick n Pay Hypermarket (Hyper By The Sea) earlier this morning while security personnel were loading cash into their van. Four men armed with AK47s surprised the G4S guard as he was exiting the loading bay at the busy store. He was robbed of six cases containing R395 000.
The men then jumped into their getaway vehicle, a white VW Polo with NJ registration plates and sped off.
The guard who did not want to be named said one of the armed men rushed at him from behind and jammed the AK47 into his back.
“I didn’t see them but as I exited the store I felt the gun digging into my back. They removed my pistol and my rifle and took the cases and jumped into their getaway car which was parked a few meters away. One of my colleagues chased after the men but one of them pointed his AK47 at him and cocked it,” the shaken guard said.
A police source on scene said the security guard had taken R2-million into the popular store for pension pay outs.
“The robbers seemed to know when to strike. The cases which contained the R2-million had ink dye protection (a method of staining money using a powder dye) but the cases brought out, did not,” he said.
No one was injured and police are currently searching for the suspects.
Our favourite store has been invaded by these thugs,luckily no one was hurt,AK 47’s seem like commonplace now,it just gets worse.
Is there anywhere safe from vermin, has the police force somebody in charge or is this non existant in the South Africa looks to me the leaders and the crooks have the safety of the police force otherwise how can they just be doing as they please