A police helicopter scoured the Northern Suburbs after a cash-in-transit heist in morning traffic on Voortrekker Road.
|||Cape Town - A police helicopter scoured the Northern Suburbs this morning after a cash-in-transit heist in morning traffic on Voortrekker Road in which two men were shot.
The cash-in-transit security guards were ambushed on the corner of Voortrekker Road and Kimberley Street in Goodwood at around 8.35am.
The Protea Coin security vehicle had been at a Caltex petrol station when shots rang out.
Two of the guards were wounded and the attackers managed to grab cash bags and a cash box somewhere between the garage shop and the cash van. The robbers fled in a silver VW Polo, a witness said.
“We thought it was a car back-firing at first,” said the witness, who asked not to be named.
“We ran outside and saw the two guards there. One was critical - shot in the chest - but the other was still standing up.
“We saw the vehicle driving away. It was quite scary.
“The ambulance was very quick, and then another arrived, so the guards were treated.”
Police spokesman FC van Wyk said they were still assessing how the attack unfolded, but confirmed the shots fired and that the gang had made a clean getaway.
At the time of going to press, the police helicopter could still be seen above the area.
Cape Argus