Robbers target security on Show day

The suspects then fled in a white vehicle.

On Saturday, 5 March, while Randfontein residents were having a good time at the Show, robbers targeted a security guard in front of Spar on Main Reef Road.

Captain Appel Ernst, Randfontein Police spokesperson confirmed, “A security officer in a Fidelity vehicle transporting money was overpowered and robbed of his firearm and a container full of money.

The suspects then fled in a white vehicle.”

Further details were not available.

The Randfontein Police is busy investigating the case.

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