A husband and wife in Ninapark are living in fear after five armed men on Thursday afternoon robbed them of about R70 000.
Linda Swanpoel, her husband, Swannie, at about 11:00 Thursday morning went to the bank in Wonder Park Shopping Centre to draw R64 000 cash for their kids.
When he stoped at his house, a car stopped behind him, a man put a gun at Swannie’s head and pulled him out of the car.
“They went straight for the money and took his wallet with about R6 000. Meanwhile, a member of the gardening services was in yard and when he walked up and they ordered him to go lie on the ground with Swannie,” Linda said.
According Swannie one of the men with him and the gardener said: “If you lift your head I shoot!”
Before the men jumped into a car to speed off, they slashed Swannie’s truck’s tires and took his phone and car keys.
“We found my wallet on the corner of Rachel de Beer Street and Mabopanehoof avenue we found the house keys, but we could not find the car keys,” said Swannie.
The Swanepoels live in fear that the robbers will come back to the steal the bakkie.
Linda believes that the robbers knew her husband would have so much money on him, because there were several gifts for their children laid openly on the car’s back seat and they were in view of the robbers, they did not even considered it.
“I really think that an informant told the robbers we had so much money with us, as Swannie and I had been to the bank to ask for money and they told us to pick it up on Thursday 11:00. I believe that the car followed my husband from the shopping center,” Linda said.
“I am very glad that no one was shot, but it remains to me a strange incident,” Swannie said.
Captain Riana van Aarde, spokesman for the Akasia police, a case of armed robbery is under investigation .
Van Aarde said the community to be aware and do electronic transfers were possible.
“Similar cases happened from time to time but it is not a general trend in the area,” said Van Aarde.
She says no one related to the incident has been arrested.
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