An MTN store at the upmarket Coastlands Gatemax centre in Umhlanga was brazenly robbed in the early hours of Friday morning, police said on Friday.<\/p>\n
Six men armed with handguns and assault rifles overpowered two security guards before robbing the store of thousands of rands worth of cellphones.<\/p>\n
Police spokesperson Major Thulani Zwane said the guard that was first accosted by the men had been instructed not to press the panic button.<\/p>\n
“They broke the door with a crowbar and after 10 minutes the\u00a0suspects came out carrying unknown parcel wrapped in white cloth and placed it inside the boot.<\/p>\n
“They fled the scene in their a Silver Golf 7 GTI. No shot were fired and no injuries reported.”<\/p>\n
Zwane said a case of business robbery was opened with the Durban North police.<\/p>\n
“No arrests have been made at this stage.”<\/p>\n
This is the second such robbery near the northern parts of eThekwini Metro, after the MTN store in Tongaat was also robbed by a group of armed men earlier this month.<\/p>\n
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