Durban - Three suspects aged between 20 and 30 who were arrested on suspicion of committing business robbery will appear in the Pinetown Magistrate's Court on Friday.
Police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Thulani Zwane said: “On Wednesday at about 9.30am members of the Pinetown Rapid Response Team responded to the complaint and the suspects were arrested by police for business robbery”.
Zwane said it is alleged that at about 8.30am three armed suspects entered a gold company in Caversham area, Pinetown where they held up employees stole their cellphones, bags and a quantity of gold. “The suspects allegedly stole various carats of gold and at this stage the value is unknown. They fled the scene on foot after they were chased by employees working at the neighbouring companies,” Zwane said.
All the items stolen during the robbery were recovered after the trio were nabbed.
African News Agency