ARMED ROBBERS HIJACK BUY CASH TRUCK, STEAL CASH

NHLANGANO – Yesterday, armed robbers hijacked and robbed Buy Cash Builders Hardware Mashayekhatsi Branch employees along their way to the bank.

It has been gathered that the female and male employees were from the store heading to Nhlangano town to bank the store takings. The amount of cash that the robbers took could not be ascertained at the time of compiling this report. The incident allegedly occurred at around 8am while the employees were on board a truck when the thugs appeared from nowhere along the road and stopped the truck, forcing the employees out and taking the bag carrying the money from the female employee.

Abandoned

It was further gathered that the thugs drove off in the truck for some kilometres and later abandoned it in a forest. This branch is among the many Buy Cash stores that were torched during the unrest last year. As a result, the store was operating in a temporary structure built with corrugated iron sheets whereas the damaged structure remained as is after the arson attack.
Chief Police Information and Communications Officer Superintendent Phindile Vilakati confirmed the incident. Vilakati said in as much as the police still had scanty details about the said crime, they had launched an investigation to ascertain what transpired and perhaps apprehend the culprits.

When asked about the amount of money that was taken from the employees, Vilakati said the police did not have the exact figure as yet as they would receive full report later on the day (yesterday). When contacted at around 8pm, Vilakati could not be reached as her phone rang unanswered. Efforts to get more information from the Buy Cash managers proved futile as the Branch Manager, Mfanimpela Lushaba, repeatedly declined to comment. When this publication arrived at the store at around noon, the manager said he was still waiting for the police so as to give more information based on the police report. He was later called at around 4:26pm and he insisted that there was nothing much to say because police had not come to the store. He later said he would only be able to comment today after the concerned employees had arrived and reported to him on what really transpired. 

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