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Pretoria Man Ambushed Dragged and Robbed Inside Bank
Gauteng police are actively investigating an armed robbery case in Hercules, Tshwane, where an individual was robbed of an undisclosed amount of money within a bank. According to Colonel Dimakatso Nevhuhulwi, the victim was inside the bank on November 23 to deposit money when two assailants approached him at gunpoint, threatened him, and subsequently escorted him outside. The robbers, as yet unidentified, made off with the stolen money in a silver-grey Volkswagen Polo. Fortunately, no injuries were reported.
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Police are urging anyone with information to contact the Crime Stop line or submit anonymous tips via the My SAPS App, as reported by IOL. Anti-crime activist Yusuf Abramjee highlighted on social media that the incident occurred inside the Absa bank along Van der Hoff Road in Hercules, involving a substantial sum of cash intended for deposit by a businessman. This incident echoes a similar occurrence in Groblersdal, Limpopo, earlier in the year, where individuals were robbed while queuing to deposit money at a bank, losing R150,000 in the process. The police commissioner emphasised the importance of avoiding possession of large sums of cash to mitigate the risk of armed robberies.
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