Cape Town – At least three business robberies were reported on Wednesday morning in different areas around Cape Town.
Police spokeswoman Sergeant Noloyiso Rwexana confirmed that a cash-in-transit heist case has been opened for investigation after a robbery in a Goodwood shopping mall while two suspects also attempted to rob a mall in Athlone.
According to social media, the robberies took place at N1 City and Vangate Mall.
She added that the police are also aware of a robbery in Silverstores in Gatesville.
Rwexana said that according to reports, at about 8.30am two security guards were about to load an ATM in a bank at the mall in Goodwood when four unidentified armed suspects approached them and robbed them.
Rwexana said the suspects fled the scene in a Mazda with an undisclosed amount of money and the firearms of the security guards. No shots were fired. She said no arrests had yet been made.
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In another incident she said a case of attempted business robbery has been opened for investigation.
At around the same time as the Goodwood incident, two suspects attempted to rob a mall in Athlone.
Rwexana said shots were fired but no one was injured.