TWO SANDF MEMBERS, TWO GUARDS NABBED FOR ROBBERY.
Two SA National Defence Force members and two security guards were arrested on Thursday in connection with an armed robbery at a pension pay point in Heidedal near Bloemfontein, Free State police reported.
Inspector Harry Nagel said the men entered the pay point at Thusano Building in Dr Belcher road on Wednesday and one of them approached the pay master posing as a pensioner. He pulled out a firearm and ordered the pay master to hand him cash.
A security guard saw the incident and fired a warning shot but the robbers ran towards the exit with the bag containing about R150,000.
The guard chased the armed men until they were outside the premises where they got into a green Nissan Sentra with a Free State registration and sped off. The guard fired more shots at the vehicle but missed.
No one was injured during the incident.
Nagel said one of the men was arrested the same day and his three accomplices were apprehended in the early hours on Thursday.
A large amount of the stolen money was recovered during their arrest.
Nagel said police were still trying to establish at which army precinct the SANDF members were based.
The arrested guards were employees of the company responsible for guarding the pension money and they were off duty during the time of the robbery.
The men, aged between 30 and 40 years, would appear in the Bloemfontein Magistrate's Court soon, Nagel said.
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20 Novembre 2003 à 13:21 dans
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