Shop robbed of cigarettes
Armed robbers stormed a shop in Kenwyn, gagging and tying up the owners before making off with a haul of cigarettes.
|||Cape Town - Armed robbers stormed a shop in Kenwyn on Wednesday, gagging and tying up the owners before making off with a haul of cigarettes.
Police spokeswoman Noloyiso Rwexana confirmed a robbery at Pinehurst Superette, on the corner of Rockford and Pinehurst roads, was under investigation. She said the incident took place at 3.30am.
“According to reports, two armed suspects robbed four victims. The suspects fled the scene with cigarettes,” said Rwexana.
The Kenwyn Community Police Forum confirmed that two brothers owned the shop and lived in a property connected to it.
The Cape Argus believes the cigarettes are worth R1.6 million.
Kenwyn CPF spokesman Rafique Foflonker said one of the owners was believed to have been at mosque when the incident occurred. “His brother, who thought he was coming home from the mosque, opened the door when he heard a knock and that is when they were robbed.”
He was forced back into the house and bound and gagged. The robbers then reportedly waited for his brother to arrive.
Foflonker said the suspects loaded the cigarettes into a small van before speeding away
Rwexana said: “No one has been arrested at this stage.”
Cape Argus
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