Police on the hunt for chocolate-stealing gang
Police are on the hunt for 16 suspects who made off with an undisclosed number of chocolate boxes in a business robbery in Boksburg, east of Johannesburg, earlier this week.
It's alleged that the suspects arrived in two trucks, entered the company’s premises, and held employees and security guards at gunpoint.
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"Suspects who came in through trucks ordered the employees to load boxes of chocolate into their trucks. The suspects also took cellular phones from the employees and drove off," says Gauteng's police spokesperson, Mavela Masondo.
Police have opened a case of business robbery.
"An investigation is underway to establish of this gang is involved in other crimes, especially where the same modus operandi is involved," says Masondo.