On Monday, July 28, the Primrose police were able to arrest five men involved in an armed robbery at a business in Sunnyrock, in Primrose.<\/p>\n
The suspects, aged between 25 and 29 years old, were charged with armed robbery, after they managed to get away with R145 000 worth of cigarettes.<\/p>
Officers were first alerted to the robbery when a delivery man came to the Primrose Police Station to report the incident.<\/p>\n
He explained that he had been making deliveries to a business in Sunnyrock.<\/p>
“Upon his arrival he noticed two men sitting in a silver Audi, but he assumed they were employees,” said Sgt Styles Maome, communications officer for the Primrose police.<\/p>\n
The victim added that he had helped to staff of the business to offload the boxes of cigarettes when a man approached him and ordered him into the warehouse.<\/p>\n
“The victim claimed that the man who approached him was one of the men he’d seen sitting in the Audi,” Maome added.<\/p>\n
The man began to hit the victim and then produced a firearm.<\/p>\n
“The victim told police officers that there were another five men waiting inside the warehouse, all of whom had guns,” said Maome.<\/p>\n
“The men loaded 19 of the recently unpacked cigarette boxes into a silver Kia panel van, before making their getaway in the panel van, as well as two Audis.”<\/p>\n
After following several leads, detectives were able to trace and arrest all five men believed to be involved in the armed robbery.The suspects were found in Berea, Soweto and Tembisa.<\/p>\n
“The station commander thanks everyone who was involved in this arrest for their hard work,” said Maome.<\/p>\n
The five men will appear in the Germiston Magistrates Court soon.<\/p>\n