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White Mercedes Benz doing the rounds again

An armed robbery occurred earlier this week in Steve Banto Biko Street; the notorious car was seen leaving the scene.

An armed robbery occurred earlier this week in Steve Banto Biko Street; the notorious car was seen leaving the scene.

On Tuesday, April 10 at approximately 11:15 an armed robbery occurred at Caramel Park.
The suspects fled the scene in a white Mercedes Benz, they were allegedly heavily armed.

A white Mercedes Benz has been involved in several armed robberies over the last year.

On May 9, 2017 the suspects were involved in an armed robbery in the Central Business District (CBD) in Northey Street.
Mr Richard Nyalulunta was driving his orange WildTrak Ford Ranger down the road. Driving next to him was a white Mercedes Benz with a GP registration number which had three occupants inside.

One of the three suspects started shooting at Nyalulunta and as the first shot was fired, he started to reverse his vehicle to get out of the way, bumping a white Nissan Tiida that was parked in the parking zone in the road, which then bumped the black Volkswagen that was parked behind him.

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Nyalulunta was shot in his stomach during this incident and suspects got away with an undisclosed amount of cash.
The next incident occurred on May 20, 2017 in Tasbet Park x1.

A couple of months later the white car was seen again in Klipfontein on November 17, 2017 when a woman was withdrawing money.
Earlier this year the white Mercedes Benz was involved in two armed robberies in eMalahleni.

The first incident occurred in Woltemade Street on January 11 and the second robbery occurred in Steenkamp Street on February 13.
In both these cases the suspects got away with an undisclosed amount of money.

In a separate incident that occurred on Friday, April 6 at approximately 02:00 when the complainant alleged that she was sleeping at home in Tasbet Park.

Before she went to sleep everything in the house was in order. While sleeping she heard the sound of a window break, then the sound that everyone dreads hearing, gun shots.

While lying in bed afraid of what was happening, she just stayed there.

When she looked up again she saw an unknown man standing next to her bed wearing a balaclava, he was armed with a firearm.
The suspect then started searching the house; he then took her television and left the premises.

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