{"id":195231,"date":"2019-01-19T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-01-19T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/195231\/alleged-armed-robbers-nabbed-in-primrose\/"},"modified":"2019-01-28T08:47:30","modified_gmt":"2019-01-28T06:47:30","slug":"alleged-armed-robbers-nabbed-in-primrose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2019\/01\/19\/alleged-armed-robbers-nabbed-in-primrose\/","title":{"rendered":"Alleged armed robbers caught in Primrose"},"content":{"rendered":"

Primrose police arrested four suspects, between the ages of aged 24 and 32, on Wednesday for an alleged armed robbery which happened in Rietfontein Road.<\/p>\n

The police were attending to a scene of the theft of a motor vehicle in Shamrock Road when four men came running towards them, and they heard bystanders shouting \u201cthey have a firearm\u201d.<\/p>

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The officers stopped the men and one suspect drew a firearm and pointed it at the police officers, who quickly retaliated and shot the suspect in the upper body.<\/p>\n

Upon investigation, the gun used by the suspect was found to be fake.<\/p>

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Primrose police seized a vehicle belonging to alleged armed robbers following their arrest on Wednesday.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cIt was later discovered two employees from a local company were about to deposit money at a bank situated on Rietfontein Road when a man approached them and demanded the money,\u201d said Sgt Styles Maome, communications officer for the Primrose police.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is alleged the passenger window of the vehicle they were in was open while the two were writing in the deposit book and the perpetrator pointed a firearm at them and took the money.<\/p>\n

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\u201cHe further instructed the driver to give him the keys of the vehicle and told both men to walk with him towards Shamrock Road.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs they reached the corner of Shamrock and Rietfontein roads he dropped the keys and told him to go back to the car.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe two victims went back to the car, locked it and came to the police station.\u201d<\/p>\n

While giving their statements, the victims saw the police coming in with the four suspects and informed them that one of the suspects was allegedly a former employee of their company.<\/p>\n

Three suspects are currently detained in Primrose police custody and the one injured was transported to hospital under police guard.<\/p>\n

All suspects will appear in the Germiston Magistrate\u2019s Court soon.<\/p>\n

ALSO READ:\u00a0Man nabbed for Rietfontein Road business robbery<\/a><\/h4>\n

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