Mpuma cops chasing robbers
2003-09-01 12:16
Malelane - Mpumalanga police are searching for five men who robbed Springbok Fidelity Security company of an undisclosed amount of cash in Malelane, near Komatipoort, police said on Monday.
Captain Benjamin Mtsholi Bhembe said one of the robbers was dressed in police uniform.
The five guards on duty on Saturday were attacked by the men, who arrived in a white Ford.
The robber who was dressed as a policeman alighted from the vehicle and approached the guards. He then asked about a robbery that had taken place near the company.
The man called the five guards to a control room where he ordered one of the guards to give him his firearm. The robber then ordered the four guards to lie down. The others opened the safe.
The robbers took cash and a cellphone and fled, said Bhembe.
- SAPA