Armed robbers hit Fairland and Bergbron businesses
Businesses hit by armed gunmen fleeing before being intercepted in New Doornfontein.
An armed robbery took place at a well-known supermarket in Fairland last week.
Several suspects arrived in a white bakkie and held up staff members at gunpoint. Cash, phone vouchers and cigarettes were stolen.
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Fairland Police Station Commander Lieutenant Colonel Clive de Freitas said, “The suspects fled the scene and proceeded to a garage in Bergbron where a cellphone was stolen. They then fled to New Doornfontein near Jeppe where private security managed to intercept them.”
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A firearm was recovered and one suspect was arrested and the vehicle was seized. The case will be handled by police trio-task team investigators so that one detective can manage all incidents and identify which goods were stolen from what location.
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