FOUR black males, dressed very smartly, arrived at Mall of the South on Monday, May 23 at about 09:05. Two of them went into the Vodacom 4U store and held up the staff with handguns, making them pack sealed cellphones into a big carry bag.
They carried the bag out of the store, down the escalators, while the other two kept watch outside the store.
A black BMW was waiting on Kliprivier Drive, outside the property of Mall of the South, while a white Isuzu bakkie was parked in the parking lot. The suspects loaded the goods into the bakkie and drove to the pedestrian gate on Kliprivier Drive, leaving the bakkie behind. They then got into the getaway vehicle (the black BMW) and drove away – the direction is unknown.
The staff at Vodacom 4U store were tied up. No customers were in the store at the time of the robbery and no one was injured.
The value of the stolen items is still unknown. SAPS, detectives, security and forensics are on the scene.
