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Undisclosed amount of money taken during armed robbery and ATM bombing outside Polokwane

Westenburg police are investigating an armed robbery at the N1 Shell garage early on Tuesday morning.

POLOKWANE – At around 03:30 am on Tuesday morning, 1 November, police were called to the premises after an armed robbery.

According to police spokesperson Lt Col Moatshe Ngoepe, one of the complainants, a 35-year-old female, was on duty as a cashier at the garage.

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The woman says multiple men, one armed with a rifle, came into the shop and pointed the firearm at the people working.

“The suspects took money from the tills and also bombed the drop safe, taking an undisclosed amount of money before leaving the scene,” he explained.

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Ngoepe says a case of armed robbery is being investigated and police are urging anyone with information to come forward and help the police bring these people to book.

The suspects fled the scene using an Audi sedan with unknown registration numbers.

No one was injured during the robbery, however, substantial damage was done to the shop.

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Raeesa Sempe

Raeesa Sempe is a Caxton Award-winning Digital Editor with nine years’ experience in the industry. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Media Studies from the University of the Witwatersrand and started her journey as a community journalist for the Polokwane Review in 2015. She then became the online journalist for the Review in 2016 where she excelled in solidifying the Review’s digital footprint through Facebook lives, content creation and marketing campaigns. Raeesa then moved on to become the News Editor of the Bonus Review in 2019 and scooped up the Editorial Employee of the Year award in the same year. She is the current Digital Editor of the Polokwane Review-Observer, a position she takes pride in. Raeesa is married with one child and enjoys spending time with friends, listening to music and baking – when she has the time. “I still believe that if your aim is to change the world, journalism is a more immediate short-term weapon." – Tom Stoppard

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