Cash-In-Transit Heists Worry Police

Armed robbers continue to stage heists, overpowering security company guards making off with large sums of money almost every week. The police have expressed concern over the growing offence during the pandemic following the Friday morning cash-in-transit heist at Middlestar shopping complex in Gaborone. Central Police station commander, Superintendent Mothusi Phadi said a G4S cash-in-transit van was robbed at gunpoint around 10am leaving people reeling in shock.

The heist occurred five days after another G4S cash-in-transit van was also robbed at gunpoint at the Game City mall and the robbers made off with undisclosed amounts of cash. A week before that at the same mall, a Security Services cash-in-transit van was also robbed at gunpoint with the armed robbers getting away with P305,540 that the guards had finished collecting from Concordant Holdings in Block 3, Fours Supermarket in Gaborone West Industrial and Pick n Pay in Game City.