Virginia business robbery, 300 cell phones, cash robbed

South African Police Service

Virginia business robbery, 300 cell phones, cash robbed
Virginia business robbery, 300 cell phones, cash robbed

The employees of a Home Store were overpowered and robbed cash and cellphones at gun point. Suspects are on the loose and residents are requested to assist in tracing them.

On the 8 April 2022 at about 16:20 the manager and his four female colleagues were busy working when four unknown men entered the business premises.

One African male was armed with a handgun and the three others were not armed but had masks covering their faces.

Suspects took undisclosed amount of cash and about three hundred cell phones were robbed from the business premises. The incident was reported to Virginia SAPS and a case of Business Robbery was registered for further investigation.

Should anyone have information leading to the arrests of these armed robbers, Detective Sergeant Morena Machalotsa of Provincial Organized Crime Investigations Unit can be contacted at cellphone number 073 729 1732 or Police Emergency number 08600 10111.

SAPS Newsroom

SOURCESouth African Police Service