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Motorists pumping fuel of petrol stations are being urged to be vigilant after a video surfaced online showing an armed gang of balaclava-wearing robbers holding up motorists at Hillcrest service station. DailyNewsSA

Two such incidents took place recently in Durban, in Sea Cow Lake, and Bartle Road in Umbilo, where the robbers made off with undisclosed amounts in both incidents.

Both victims were allegedly followed from inside a bank by the robbers and both incidents were captured on video. One of the victims, a 78-year-old man robbed in Sea Cow Lake, said the three men who robbed him had all carried guns and had known exactly which pocket the money was in. “I’ve withdrawn large amounts of cash from the bank in the past. I believe this was an inside job involving the teller,” the man told the Daily News.

The second victim, a 39-year-old man, had just left a bank in Davenport having withdrawn a large sum in cash, when he was accosted by four armed men who robbed him.The Sea Cow Lake incident was captured on CCTV footage from outside Solly Manjras, a popular restaurant and takeaway, where the man had stopped to buy food.Daily News

 

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