Huge heist has suspects fleeing the scene empty-handed
Gunshots are going off at a local business on North Coast Road, Durban.
It was the morning of the 5th of April when this heist began...
Watch Marshall Security's behind-the-scenes video of the incident.
It is reported that at approximately 10h45, the Marshall Security Emergency Dispatch Centre received numerous calls from members of the public.
Panic button activations from clients as well as messages on WhatsApp crime alert groups reported that multiple gunshots were being fired at a well known fuel station on North Coast Road.
Securing the scene, the multiple armed response officers and the special operations team arrived within minutes.
However, the suspects fled the scene prior to the officers' arrival.
It was established that G4S security members were involved in a shootout with an unknown number of suspects who had arrived in an unidentified vehicle and attempted to rob two G4S cash vehicles. The security members were on site to service the ATM’s.
Marshall security shed further light on the situation:
"A number of spent cartridges were found on scene including that of high caliber rifles. One G4S security member was injured during the shootout after sustaining a head injury inside his vehicle while attempting to flee from the suspects. Netcare911 paramedics were called by our Emergency Dispatch Centre and arrived on scene a short while later to attend to the injured. The patient was then transported to hospital for the further medical care that he required."
It was shared that the scene was secured by members of Marshall's Special Operations Team and handed over to the SAPS, who arrived shortly after.
Despite the perpetrators fleeing the scene empty-handed, the scene is still active and will be investigated further by the Greenwood Park SAPS.
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