“Criminals have made foreign-owned spaza shops their easy cash collecting point in areas like Swanieville, Tshepisong, Extension 12 and other neighbouring areas in Kagiso,” said Captain Solomon Sibiya, spokesperson for the Kagiso Police.
He explained that the thugs usually threaten their victims with firearms or knives, and take cash and groceries. Their victims show no resistance as they fear for their lives.
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A man from Swanieville told the police that he was outside his shop on Herons Street at about 8.50am on 28 March when three men approached him.
Two of them had firearms, which they pointed at the owner while they took an undisclosed amount of cash, airtime vouchers, cartons of cigarettes and the owner’s Nokia cellphone.
The third man went towards the back of the shop but the staff apprehended him and later turned him over to the Kagiso Police. Unfortunately the two armed men managed to escaping and fled the scene in a white vehicle.
“We are appealing to anyone with information that can lead to the arrest of the suspects to call Kagiso Police on 011 696 9000, 011 969 9059, 011 969 9065 and 011 969 9067, or the Crime Stop line on 08600 10111,” said Sibiya.
He continued by saying the 31-year-old suspect was detained at the Kagiso Police Station and a case docket for business robbery was registered.
The man will appear in the Kagiso Magistrates’ Court today.
