Armed robbers hold up pharmacist for two boxes of painkillers

Three men must have had severe headaches on Tuesday afternoon, holding up a pharmacist at the Joe Slovo clinic in Port Elizabeth for just two boxes of Panado painkillers.“Three men, one armed with a gun, arrived just before three,” she told the publication.

Eastern Cape health department spokesperson Lwandile Sicwetsha confirmed the incident, which he said was proof that “crime is getting out of hand”.The Citizen reported in November According to police spokesperson Sergeant Mamello Mokhuoane, the men allegedly tied up a security guard at 3am on Wednesday while they used a grinder to open the safe.

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