According to Constable Mashiteng of the Protea Glen SAPS, the Caltex filling station along the K53, next to Trade Route Mall, in Lenasia was robbed on Thursday, September 10.
Four suspects travelling in two vehicles, an A4 Audi and VW Polo, drove into the Caltex filling station. Two suspects got out of the vehicles and headed inside the filling station shop. The two suspects, one carrying a knife and the other carrying a firearm, entered the garage shop and held the some employees and customers up at gun point. The employees were forcefully moved to the back of the shop and left there.
One of the robbers stood guard outside the shop while the other emptied out the cash tills.
“They had also robbed a customer who had come to fill up with petrol. They took his cash and cell phone,” said Constable Mashiteng.
The two suspects got back into the getaway vehicles and escaped the scene. According to Constable Mashiteng, no shots were fired, no one was injured and no arrests have been made thus far.
“We are investigating a case of business robbery,” he added. After the suspects had fled the scene the employees returned to the front of the shop and alerted the police.
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