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The crime scene of a cash-in-transit robbery in Mbekweni.Photo: Supplied Yet another cash-in-transit (CIT) robbery has hit the Drakenstein area this month. The latest incident took place at the Shoprite Midway Centre in Mbekweni on Monday around 08:00. According to Mbekweni police spokesperson Sgt Nceba Vanqa, seven unknown men approached the G4 Security official as he was coming out of Shoprite with cash. “They pointed a firearm at him, demanding the money and his service pistol,” he said. “They fled the scene with an undisclosed cash amount and th...

News24 Wire Picture: iStock According to police spokesperson Brigadier Novela Potelwa, a G4 security guard was coming out of the supermarket after collecting cash when seven suspects approached him. They allegedly pointed a firearm at him and demanded money as well as his pistol. They allegedly fled the scene with an undisclosed amount of cash and the firearm. “Later on, the box without the money was found abandoned in the Thembani Square area in Mbekweni,” Potelwa said. “Four men residing in nearby shacks were...