The Elsburg SAPS are investigating a case of business robbery.<\/p>\n
The alleged robbery took place in Davidson Street, Wadeville, last Monday.<\/p>
\u201cIt was alleged that the security officer who was on duty, at a company in the street, was approached by three armed men,\u201d said Const Daphney Phooko, communications officer for the Elsburg police.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe men tied his hands and legs and left him outside the guard room.\u201d<\/p>
The men then proceeded to steal steel and loaded it onto two trucks.<\/p>\n
The thieves gained entrance to the premises by breaking the padlock on the gate with an axe.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll the suspects were dressed in security uniforms and they assaulted the security officer with the axe, by hitting him on the head.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe men didn\u2019t fire any shots during the robbery and escaped with the steel on two white trucks,\u201d said Phooko.<\/p>\n
After following several leads, the police arrested seven men, aged between 18 and 29 years old.<\/p>\n
The trucks used during the crime have also been seized by the police.<\/p>\n
The men were detained at the Elsburg Police Station pending their appearance in the Germiston Magistrates Court.<\/p>\n