Armed skelms in bulletproof car hit cash van
DRAMA: A G4S security vehicle was robbed by five skelms DRAMA: A G4S security vehicle was robbed by five skelms
The drama unfolded at the BP garage on the corner of Eisleben Road and Lavender Street, in Lentegeur, known as the “Clock Tower”, around 11.40am.
The robbers were travelling in a white Mazda with the registration CF 137 836.
A police source says: “These were five black males who were positively armed and wore police issued bulletproof vests. The Mazda vehicle has a fake registration, it belongs to a Corsa vehicle.”
The robbers were targeting a G4S security vehicle parked outside a fisheries and gun- pointed a guard.
Captain FC van Wyk says the suspects are still at large.
“It is alleged that five unidentified armed suspects approached a security cash van and they took a cash bag with an undisclosed amount of cash from one of the security guards,” says Van Wyk.
“No-one was injured and no shots were fired during the robbery. The suspects fled the scene in a white Mazda. A cash in transit robbery case was opened for investigation,” he says.