The Provincial Commissioner of South African Police Services in Limpopo, Lieutenant General Thembi Hadebe once more cautioned members of the community to refrain from being in possession of large amounts of cash following an armed robbery that occurred in Groblersdal policing precinct on Tuesday 30 May 2023 at about 10:00.
It is alleged that the victim departed his residence driving a VW Polo motor vehicle intending to deposit a substantial amount of cash at a local bank outside Groblersdal Mall.
The victim called the person who was supposed to be the recipient of money and advised him not to go to the first bank instead the another bank. The victim went to the said bank and upon arrival, found a large number of individuals waiting to be assisted and also joined them.
While waiting, an unknown African male approached the victim and tried to grab a black plastic bag which was containing the money.
The victim attempted to fight off the suspect but another suspect came and pointed him with a firearm while threatening to shoot him if he resist to handover the money bag.
The victim surrendered the bag and the duo immediately rushed to the victim’s fellow countryman who was also standing on the line waiting to deposit and robbed him another bag containing the money.
Afterwards, the suspects managed to vacate the premise and subsequently drove off in a white VW Polo motor vehicle with Mpumalanga registration number without firing any shots.
Preliminary investigations indicated that the two Foreign Nationals were robbed more than R150,000 in cash which was supposed to be deposited and might have been followed by the suspects from their residences.
“The province has been experiencing numerous incidents of armed robberies and I strongly would like to advise business people to rather use electronic transfer instead of having large amounts of money in their possession” Concluded General Hadebe.
Anyone with information that can assist Police in arresting the suspects, is urged to contact the Groblersdal SAPS Detective Standby number 0823189642 or Sergeant Johannes Phokwane on 0720719307 or crime stop number 0860010111 or nearest police station or MySAPSApp.
