Between five and seven armed men have robbed a coffee shop and pizza outlet in Moreleta Park at the same time, police said on Wednesday.
Spokesperson Warrant Officer Dave Miller said the search for the robbers was continuing.
Androulla Sofocli, the owner of both the House of Coffees and Debonairs at the Olivewood shopping centre in Wekker Road, said both shops were robbed just before closing time, around 20:45, on Sunday.
Sofocli said she was in the office of the coffee shop while her staff were busy cleaning when she turned around and noticed a man holding one of the workers at gunpoint.
Another robber grabbed Sofocli, held her at gunpoint and asked her where the money and the safe was.
“He kept telling me not to look at him,” Sofocli said. “He kept pushing me down to the ground when I tried to get up and I told him that I could not open the safe if he kept pushing me down.”
Sofocli gave the robbers the cash inside the safe and the robber took her passport, two cellphones and bottles of whiskey that was kept on some of the shelves inside the shop.
While the three men were robbing the coffee shop, two others raided the Debonairs.
Sofocli said the men grabbed a security guard and forced him inside the shop.
They then entered the shop and asked the cashier to open the till and give them the cash.
Sofocli said the robbers insisted that the cashier open the other two tills, but she could not as she did not have the keys.
The robbers then forced the staff and two customers to lie on the kitchen floor while they fled in two getaway vehicles occupied by two accomplices.
The men apparently fled in a silver Mercedes-Benz and a white Golf 6.
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