Durban businesses targeted in brazen robberies

Several Durban businesses were targeted across the city at the weekend, armed robbers fleeing with computers, watches and cash.

Blue Security operations manager Brian Jackson said four armed robbers, posing as customers, had robbed a business in La Lucia at around 10.15am on Saturday and fled with watches. “The gang walked into the shop and forced staff and customers to lie on the floor, before smashing a glass cabinet and grabbing watches that were on display. The gang fled the scene in a white VW Golf. No injuries were reported,” Jackson said.
Durban North SAPS attended the scene of the crime.
In Torlarge Street in New Germany, an armed suspect robbed an employee of R10 000 cash as he arrived at the premises at around 11.20am on Saturday. “The driver had just pulled up at the premises and hooted for the gate to be opened when an armed robber ambushed him and banged on his window, demanding that he open the door. The driver then asked his assistant, who was in the vehicle with him, to hand over the cash which was in the cubby hole. No injuries were reported,” he said.
Jackson said that when CCTV footage of the incident was viewed later, a white BMW was spotted parked near the premises at the time the driver arrived.
Pinetown SAPS attended the scene of the crime.
Armed robbers also hit a business in Trafford Road in Westmead at 7.36 am on Sunday. “A gang arrived in a white Nissan and derailed the driveway gate. Three suspects held up the security guards on site at gunpoint. A fourth suspect continued to hold up a security officer in the CCTV room at knifepoint, and assaulted him when he told him he had no money to hand over. The gang fled with computers. No injuries were reported,” he said.
Pinetown SAPS attended the scene of the crime.