CASH-IN-TRANSIT company personnel and casino staff were this morning robbed while processing cash for an ATM at the Umfolozi Casino Resort in Empangeni.
According to information obtained by the ZO, the heist took place at approximately 8:30am.
Initial reports indicate that one suspect waited in a black BMW 3 Series outside the parking lot from around 7am, while three suspects waited inside the casino’s parking area.
Casino staff were reportedly in the process of filling an FNB ATM from eight canisters holding approximately R250 000.
The three suspects stormed in, holding one staff member hostage. They grabbed the canisters and fled through the pedestrian gate where the BMW waited.
The robbers fled the scene, but reports suggested they had one flat tyre that was ‘smoking a lot’.
The number plate of the vehicle was found to be false, belonging to a Ford Icon. Casino management declined to comment at the time.
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