ATM bombers have struck in Greenhills making off with an undisclosed amount of money on Monday morning.
The Herald has been informed the incident took place at around 3.16am where a Standard Bank ATM at the Greenhills circle was targeted by five male suspects.
It is alleged that five suspects, all male, driving a silver BMW with an unknown registration number bombed the ATM. This ATM is mounted on the outside wall of Tony’s Meat Market.
“An undisclosed amount of money was taken,” confirmed Constable Lucky Matome, spokesperson for the Corporate Communication Krugersdorp Cluster.
Matome added the suspects allegedly shot at the security reaction vehicles on scene nine times, fortunately not injuring anybody.
Randfontein Police is investigating a case of ATM bombing.
Anybody who can assist the police with any information regarding explosives or any other criminal activity can call Crime Stop 08600 10111 or alternatively you can call Lieutenant Colonel Kruger at 011 278 8100. Information will be treated with the necessary confidentiality.
Bev Pita, manager at Tony’s Meat Market added they do have CCTV footage but unfortunately it is blurry.
Ronny Edwards, who gets his supplies from Tony’s Meat Market said the responding security company was EPR.
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