Filling stations – robbers’ quick stop for filling up on cash

Seven filling station robberies over the past three weeks in eMalahleni are taking a toll on both filling stations and their owners.

Five heavily armed robbers burst into a convenience store at a filling station on March 26, robbing them of a substantial amount of money . The suspects arrived in a champagne coloured BMW without registration plates.

On March 26 at about 02:00 yet another filling station in Extension 8 fell victim to a robbery when five heavily armed suspects made a quick stop for cash when they bombed the safe inside the convenience shop.

Read the full story in this week’s edition of Witbank News (Friday, March 31).