Vosman police recently reported that they are investigating an increasing number of business robberies.
The first case was reported at Ferrobank when a 37 year-old security guard reported that he was on duty inside the guard room when four armed suspects robbed the business.
They took away 32 computer screens, three truck batteries, a hard drive, a camera accessories box and cell phone worth a total of R150 000.
Another business robbery was reported at KwaGuqa in Extension 18 in Empumelelweni.
In a third robbery, Mafutha Supermarket at Vosman was robbed of R400 in cash by three armed suspects.
In yet another business robbery, an Ethiopian national reported that his shop at KwaGuqa in Empumelelweni Extension 16 had been robbed by two armed suspects.
The robbers took R4 500 in cash, a Samsung J1 and Nokia cell phones. The suspects then fled the scene on foot.
In another business robbery case, a 31 year-old shop owner reported that his shop was robbed.
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Three unknown suspects, one of them armed, took with them R4 000 in cash, airtime and cigarettes. The value of all the items taken is R14 560. The suspects also fled the scene on foot.
On Monday, February 19 at about 18:45 an Ethiopian national was also robbed at gunpoint by two suspects at KwaGuqa in Extension 11. He told the police that while he was inside his shop one of the suspects entered while the other remained outside. They then robbed him of R1 500 in cash and his car keys.
Robbers struck again at Isivinini Mine on Friday, February 23 at about 02:10. A security officer reported that he was approached by two suspects who pointed a firearm at him and demanded the office keys.
The suspects then opened the office and took away four batteries, four keys and a generator and then fled the scene. The value of all the items is R20 000.
The police are very concerned about the high number of business robberies in their area. No arrests have been made as yet.
