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Bernadette Wolhuter <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
A petrol station in Greenwood Park and a supermarket in Verulam, north of Durban, were robbed at the same time under similar circumstances yesterday, and police suspect there may be a link. <\/p>\n
Both business were held up by armed gangs at 9am. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe cannot say for sure that the assailants were from the same gang, but we are looking into the possibility,\u201d said police spokesman Thulani Zwane. <\/p>\n
Westview Motors manager Serano Badal said the service station was robbed while guards from G4S Cash Solutions were collecting money that had been taken over the weekend. <\/p>\n
\u201cTwo men walked in and wandered around for a while until the safe was opened, and that was when they pulled out guns,\u201d said Badal. <\/p>\n
A third accomplice then entered the store with a gun he had taken from one of the cash in-transit company\u2019s guards. The three robbers took a box containing R92 000 and escaped in a black Toyota RunX. <\/p>\n
The guards tried to stop the robbery, to no avail. Shots were fired, but no one was hurt. <\/p>\n
The getaway car was recovered at the KwaMashu men\u2019s hostel, but the cash was gone. <\/p>\n
Badal said that this was the second time the service station had been robbed in recent months. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe were held up in November, too,\u201d he said, \u201cThe staff are quite traumatised.\u201d <\/p>\n
Meanwhile, six heavily armed men entered the Shoprite Checkers store in Verulam and took an undisclosed amount of money, Zwane said. They fled in a getaway car that was later recovered in nearby Canelands. <\/p>\n
Shoprite Checkers spokesman Sarita van Wyk declined to comment. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Zwane said no arrests had been made in either case. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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