A cash-in-transit van has been robbed at a Pretoria West fuel station, police said.
Spokesperson Constable Lerato Ngomane said the crime at the Engen Garage in Lewerik Street in Kwaggasrand was committed last Wednesday around 18:55.
A cash-in-transit vehicle stopped at the Engen garage to collect cash from the shop at the fuel station. While a guard from the van was doing so, a white Hyundai crashed into the vehicle.
An armed man from the Hyundai confronted the guard carrying two money boxes to the van and held him at gunpoint. Eight more men armed with rifles arrived. They ordered the driver of the van out of the vehicle and told him and the guard to lie down.
One of the men then entered the garage shop and cleared out the till before the robbers fled in the Hyundai and a second car.
Ngomane said the crime was not similar to several other garage robberies in the area the past few months.
“I cannot be specific for strategic reasons, but the modus operandi did differ.”
SA National Civics Organisation chairman Nagesh Chetty said crime in the area was getting out of hand.
“We call upon the president to take action and bring back law and order so that we can fight these crimes along with the police.”
Ngomane urged anyone with information on the latest crime to contact Crime Stop on 08600 10111.
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