The Primrose police recently arrested five men, aged between 18 and 32 years old.<\/p>\n
The men were charged with business robbery, after allegedly robbing a local filling station in Rietfontein Road.<\/p>
\u201cThe complainant alleged that she was in the shop when two men entered pretending to be customers.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhile trying to help the men, another three men entered the shop,\u201d said the communications officer for the Primrose police, Sgt Styles Maome.<\/p>
One of the men allegedly threatened the shop attendant with a sharp object while the others removed cash from the tills and chocolates and cigarettes from the shelves, before disappearing.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith the help of the CCTV footage Primrose Police Station detectives traced the suspects and they were arrested,\u201d said Maome.<\/p>\n
They will appear in the Germiston Magistrates Court soon.<\/p>\n
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