The Shopping Centre Armed Robbery Thread....

Telkom Direct shop in Kolonnade shopping centre was also robbed just after a delivery of new phones arrived. This happened last in last week.
 
Armed robbery at Northgate shopping mall

JOHANNESBURG – There's been an armed robbery at the Northgate Shopping Centre in Johannesburg.

Police say two robbers held up staff at a cellphone shop in the mall earlier today.

No shots were fired and there have been no immediate reports of injuries.

Gauteng residents have expressed concern about the recent spate of robberies at shopping centres across Gauteng, saying they fear shopping in malls knowing that gunmen can strike at any time.

An iStore was hit at the Centurion Mall last month, the latest such shop to be robbed.
Police said suspects managed to get away with about R1 million worth of phones, Macbooks and iPads.
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http://ewn.co.za/2014/09/01/Armed-robbery-at-Northgate
 
FIVE INJURED IN ROSETTENVILLE ROBBERY

Five people were assaulted during a shop robbery in Rosettenville, south of Johannesburg, on Monday morning, paramedics said.

"ER24 paramedics arrived at the shop and found the employees sitting inside the shop, visibly shaken," ER24 spokesman Russel Meiring said.

"The five patients were treated for their injuries and thereafter transported to a nearby hospital for further treatment."

Meiring said they sustained minor injuries.

He did not have further information.

Local authorities were on scene, said Meiring.

Comment was not immediately available from the police.


Source : Sapa /gf/jk/jje/lp
Date : 01 Sep 2014 14:08
 
Shooting at Maponya Mall as 6 armed robbers attack guards

SOWETO – Six armed robbers have escaped with bags of cash during a brazen attack at the Maponya Mall in Soweto on Monday morning.

Gauteng police spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Lungelo Dlamini said security guards went to make a cash collection visit to one of the larger stores in the mall.

He said they had collected the money and were about to leave when, as they walked out of the mall, they were ambushed by a man armed with a firearm.

Dlamini said a second robber, also armed with a gun, arrived and held the guards at gunpoint, ordering them to hand over their cash bags. He fired shots, but nobody was injured.

Dlamini said another four men arrived and the two accomplices joined them as they fled the mall in a grey vehicle.

Dlamini said the make of car and the registration number were unknown. He said no arrests had been made and a manhunt was underway this afternoon.

Shoppers took to social media, tweeting that the mall was closed and that a police helicopter was seen in the area.

Dlamini said Maponya Mall had since been reopened and things were back to normal in the area.
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http://www.enca.com/shooting-maponya-mall-6-armed-robbers-attack-guards
 
Cash in transit robbers flee with R395 000 - Durban North

ARMED robbers staged a daring cash-in-transit heist at the Pick n Pay Hypermarket (Hyper By The Sea) earlier this morning while security personnel were loading cash into their van. Four men armed with AK47s surprised the G4S guard as he was exiting the loading bay at the busy store. He was robbed of six cases containing R395 000.

The men then jumped into their getaway vehicle, a white VW Polo with NJ registration plates and sped off.

The guard who did not want to be named said one of the armed men rushed at him from behind and jammed the AK47 into his back.

“I didn’t see them but as I exited the store I felt the gun digging into my back. They removed my pistol and my rifle and took the cases and jumped into their getaway car which was parked a few meters away. One of my colleagues chased after the men but one of them pointed his AK47 at him and cocked it,” the shaken guard said.

A police source on scene said the security guard had taken R2-million into the popular store for pension pay outs.

“The robbers seemed to know when to strike. The cases which contained the R2-million had ink dye protection (a method of staining money using a powder dye) but the cases brought out, did not,” he said.

No one was injured and police are currently searching for the suspects.
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This happened about 30mins before the wife and I arrived for shopping. Thread reminded me to go look as we didn't know and we could see the van and the cordoned off area. Link below:

http://northglennews.co.za/50941/cash-transit-robbers-flee-r395-000/
 
These guys are going to have a field day when the iPhone 6 comes out.
 
TWO ARMED MALL ROBBERIES IN JOBURG

Two malls in Johannesburg were the target of armed robberies on Monday, Gauteng police said.

Both incidents happened around 9am, at the Maponya mall in Soweto and Northgate mall.

Lt-Col Lungelo Dlamini said at Maponya mall, police were looking for six suspects.

"It's alleged that two security guards went inside the mall to collect money. As they were walking inside the mall, they were confronted by a man who pointed a firearm at them, and [he] took the money in bags that the guards were holding."

The man left the mall, meeting another man at the entrance who fired a shot.

"Then the suspects ran away, and were joined by four others. They fled in a grey car with unknown registration numbers. No one was injured."

Police did not want to reveal the shop where the money came from as it was part of the investigation.

Dlamini said at Northgate mall, two men robbed a cellphone shop.

"The manager was forced into the back office, where they took money and cellphones and they fled. No shots were fired. No one was injured. We've launched a manhunt for these two suspects."


Source : Sapa /aw/jk/lp/th
Date : 01 Sep 2014 16:17
 
Telkom Store in Kolonnade was hit AGAIN 10 minutes ago just after they received stock after their first robbery
 
KOLONADE TELKOM STORE ROBBED

A Telkom store at Kolonade Mall in Montana, Pretoria, was robbed on Tuesday evening of electronic goods worth over R200,000, police said.

"Two armed men entered the store and demanded that the staff go to the back before taking cellphones worth over R200,000," Captain Johannes Maheso said.

Two men in a gang of four entered the store while the others remained outside. Once they collected their loot, the gang made their getaway.

Maheso said no shots were fired and no one was injured.

The mall's management was not available for comment.

Kolonade was the sixth mall in Gauteng to be hit by robbers in the past two months.

On Monday, Maponya mall in Soweto and Northgate mall were also hit by robberies.

At Maponya mall, six men took part in the crime. According to police, two security guards went inside the mall to collect money. As they were walking inside the mall, they were confronted by a man who pointed a firearm at them, and he took the money in the bags the guards were carrying.

The man left the mall, meeting another man at the entrance who fired a shot. The robbers then ran away, and were joined by four others.

At Northgate mall, two men robbed a cellphone shop. The manager was forced into the back office, where they took money and cellphones and fled. No shots were fired. No one was injured.

The iStore at Centurion Mall was robbed of goods worth over R1 million on August 22.

On August 13, the iStore at Cresta Shopping Centre was robbed and one person was injured when the gang made their getaway.

The Glen's iStore was robbed a few days later.

Source : Sapa /kn/ks
Date : 02 Sep 2014 20:59
 
'Mall robberies is a result of a troubled CIU'

JOHANNESBURG – The Institute for Security Studies (ISS) has warned that the rise in violent business robberies, particularly at shopping malls, is a symptom of a troubled police Crime Intelligence Unit.

Several shopping centres have been targeted recently, with the Maponya Mall in Soweto and the Northgate Mall hit on Monday while the Kolonnade Retail Park in Pretoria was targeted on Tuesday.

Last week thieves made off with equipment valued at hundreds of thousands of rands after robbing the iStore at the Centurion Mall.

The institute’s Johan Burger says business robberies have been on the rise for the last three years.

Business Against Crime South Africa (BACSA)’s chief executive Simi Pillay-van Graan says they are trying to roll-out a number plate recognition system that would alert the police to a stolen vehicle as it enters a business’s premises.

“The more cameras that we have out there, the bigger eyes we have over the country. This is also a priority of the minister of police.”

National police detectives have been assigned to assist their Gauteng colleagues investigate the recent robberies.
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http://ewn.co.za/2014/09/03/Business-robberies-a-symptom-of-a-troubled-unit
 
National team to probe Gauteng mall robberies

JOHANNESBURG – Gauteng Police Commissioner Lesetja Mothiba has confirmed a national team of detectives has been assigned to help their local counterparts investigate a spate of violent mall robberies.

The Maponya Mall in Soweto and Northgate Mall were targeted yesterday while several others have been hit in recent weeks.

While Mothiba played down the recent attacks, saying they are isolated, he says provincial detectives will be assisted in catching the culprits.

“The investigation is being led from national and we are hoping to make a breakthrough very soon.”

Business Against Crime Chief Executive Simmi Pillay-van Graan says the organisation is concerned by the recent escalation in violent crime, particularly at malls.

“I think what’s really fuelling the trend is the fact that there is opportunity and we can only close those opportunities if we work together and business becomes more proactive.”

The organisation is trying to roll-out a high-tech number plate recognition system to businesses across the country.

The Institute for Security Studies (ISS) says the recent spike is a continuation of an upward trend experienced over the past three years.

The ISS’s Johan Burger says crime intelligence is required to address the issue.

SPATE OF ROBBERIES

An iStore was targeted at the Centurion Mall on 22 August, the third such outlet to be hit in the province in less than a month.

On 13 August, a shopper was shot and wounded when a gang of men stormed the iStore at Cresta Shopping Centre in Johannesburg. The robbers made off with bags full of iPhones and iPads.

Twenty-four hours later, the iStore at the Glen Shopping Centre in southern Johannesburg was also robbed.

A security guard was wounded in the leg when at least seven men robbed the shop, fleeing with electronics worth more than R1 million.

Also last month, a jewellery store in Rosebank was robbed by two men who held staff at gunpoint, ordering them to load jewellery into bags before fleeing.

In June, a gang robbed a jewellery store at the newly built Cradlestone Mall in Muldersdrift.

The men allegedly held staff at gunpoint before making off with several items.
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http://ewn.co.za/2014/09/02/Detectives-to-investigate-spate-of-violent-mall-robberies
 
Cops probe Eastgate Mall robbery

JOHANNESBURG – Gauteng police have launched a manhunt for three men who robbed a Telkom store in the Eastgate Shopping Centre.

They say the men entered the store late on Wednesday afternoon and demanded cellphones from staff valued at an undisclosed amount of money, before fleeing.

On Tuesday, four men reportedly robbed a Telkom store at the Kolonnade Shopping Centre in Pretoria East, of cellphones with a resale value of R200,000.

The police's Lungelo Dlamini says no one was injured and a case of business robbery is being investigated.

“Police have launched a manhunt of three men who entered a Telkom shop in the Eastgate Mall. They confronted the employees and demanded cellphones. They then disappeared. We don’t know exactly how they fled from the mall.”

BUSINESS ROBBERIES

On Wednesday, the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) warned that the rise in violent business robberies, particularly at shopping malls, is a symptom of a troubled police Crime Intelligence Unit.

Several shopping centres have been targeted recently, with the Maponya Mall in Soweto and the Northgate Mall hit on Monday.

Last week thieves made off with equipment valued at hundreds of thousands of rands after robbing the iStore at the Centurion Mall.

The institute’s Johan Burger says business robberies have been on the rise for the last three years.
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http://ewn.co.za/2014/09/04/Cops-probe-Eastgate-Mall-robbery
 
Not yet on the wires...

Autopage Walmer robbed
Happened at around 11am.
SAPS were nearby and gave chase.
Robbers lost control and crashed their vehicle in Govan Mbeki Avenue, North End.
Shootout ensued.
Three robbers arrested.

/more to follow
 
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