Sources said the seven — comprising six women and a man who
was the driver of the CIT vehicle — are assisting police with investigations
following the movie-style robbery which was executed with swift precision at
about 11am on Thursday at an automated teller machine at Standard Chartered
Bank.
National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul
Nyathi said investigations into the matter were in progress.
“We do not want to give out too much information at the
moment. We will provide the information at the appropriate time, but I can
confirm that we are still conducting investigations,” he said.
Asst Comm Nyathi said police were exploring all
possibilities including the suspicion that the robbery could have been an
inside job or that there was a leakage of information that led to the robbery.
An eyewitness who operates from Newlands Shopping Centre
told The Herald yesterday that the driver of the vehicle remained in the
vehicle while his colleagues, one of whom was armed, went into the bank.
“When the security guards arrived at the scene, they took
one of the trunks and went straight into the bank. On their way out, that is
when they were attacked by the robbers. But what I wonder is not even a single
shot was fired at the scene when the robbery occurred,” he said.
Yesterday, Closed Circuit Television footage emerged
showing in graphic detail the incident.
From the sequence of events playing out on the video, it is
clear that the suspects faced minimal resistance as they casually offloaded
trunks of cash from the Securico vehicle.
The actions of the guards, supposedly trained to be equal
to such scenarios, has set tongues wagging after they were captured on video
running away as the suspects pounced.
In the CCTV footage that has been circulating on social
media, only one suspect is seen disembarking from a white Honda Fit before the
security guards who were manning the CIT vehicle fled in all directions, with
no attempt whatsoever to confront the suspect.
The suspect, who was not armed, was later joined by some of
his accomplices as they helped themselves to the cash.
In the video, it appears that no single shot was fired by
the suspects to scare away the security guards.
Most of the people who reacted on social media said the
alleged robbery was either well-planned or an inside job.
Police have since set up a Criminal Investigations
Department (CID) crack team to launch a manhunt for the suspects who are still
at large.
Asst Comm Nyathi appealed to anyone with information that
might assist them with investigations to contact any nearest police station.
In another case, police are investigating circumstances in
which two company employees who were driving a Honda Fit Hybrid vehicle were
attacked and robbed of US$34 000 at around 8.30 pm on Wednesday, again in
Newlands.
Asst Comm Nyathi said the two were attacked by robbers
while delivering cash. Herald
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