Despite the police having intensified their investigations and having an upper hand in their game in the fight against crime, armed robbers continue to get away without a trace. In September three armed men overpowered G4S Security guards and made away with cash amounting to P7.4 million which G4S security guards were supposed to load up at an ATM at the Middlestar shopping mall prior to the robbery. This past weekend, four masked armed robbers attacked Trans Africa wholesalers in Tlokweng, fired shots and collected large amounts of money from the cash registers and stole alcoholic beverages. On Saturday, still in Tlokweng, five men attacked employees of One-Stop Liquor Wholesalers, threatened them with a big log and stole cash amounting to P64,000.
To date, all the suspects are still at large and the stolen money has not been recovered. The robberies occurred at around 8pm when the two wholesalers were about to close business for the day. It appears that the perpetrators are adamant about their mission to rob businesses as armed robbery cases are reported on daily basis. The police have warned the business community to be wary of gangs of armed robbers who appear to have mounted a spate of heists particularly in and around Gaborone in a new wave that is targeting businesses.
