Heist gangs hit two Pta malls
2006-03-13 18:09
Pretoria - Heist gangs hit cash-in-transit security guards at two shopping malls in Pretoria on Monday, said police.
Inspector Anton Breedt said: "At Wonderpark shopping centre, a group of four men armed with handguns overpowered a security-company guard while he was collecting money."
The four fled on foot from the complex with an undisclosed amount of cash.
At Woodlands shopping centre, six men attacked another guard.
"Six men armed with handguns robbed the guard of an undisclosed amount of money and fled in what is believed to be a white Volkswagen Jetta."
No one was injured in the robberies.
Breedt said no arrests had been made in either robbery.
- SAPA