Arm Security Guards To Curb Heists – Modongo

Gaolatwe Modongo PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
Gaolatwe Modongo PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

FRANCISTOWN: The chairperson of the Business Botswana's (BB) Security Sector, Gaolatwe Modongo has said there is a need for security guards to be armed in order to prevent cash-in-transit (CIT) heists.

The country, particularly the capital city, has been registering mounting cases of such robberies targeting security companies. Just last week, G4S security company was robbed P7.4m at gunpoint at Middlestar Shopping Complex.

This followed another robbery at gunpoint at Game City with undisclosed amount of cash stolen. In addition, a week before at the same mall a Security Services van was also robbed of P305,540 at gunpoint. Still, on the same matter, last month thieves made off with close to P9 million cash at Block 6, Gaborone from an armoured G4S security vehicle. Following the rise of these robberies, Modongo spoke to The Monitor on the measures put in place or under consideration to combat the recent spate of these heists.bModongo said the heists are the fastest growing forms of aggravated robbery in the country, particularly in Gaborone. He added that the recent spike in these robberies was a danger to the security personnel, public safety and poses a significant threat to the country’s economy. He indicated that their biggest limit in combating such heists is because they are not armed as a sector, which makes it easier for armed robbers to attack guards and make off with the cash.

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