Milnerton police are on the hunt for 11 men believed to be behind two separate robberies at two post offices within 30 minutes of each other on Friday.
Police spokesperson Warrant Officer Joseph Swartbooi said the armed suspects fled the scene with an undisclosed amount of cash and are yet to be arrested.
“The circumstances surrounding the robbery of two business premises in Milnerton are under investigation.
“Four unknown armed men entered a local business in Centre Point mall ( on Friday) at around 12:30pm, threatening the staff and demanding cash. They then fled the scene with cash in an undisclosed direction and are yet to be arrested,” Swartbooi said.
Around 30 minutes later, another robbery was reported in along Montague Drive.
“In an unrelated incident seven unknown armed males entered a local business premises in Montague Drive at around 1pm. The suspects threatened the staff and fled the scene with cash and are yet to be arrested,” he said.
No shots were fired and no injuries reported in both incidents.
The latest robberies occurred just 48 hours after three suspects were caught red-handed with stolen money, following a robbery at a post office at a shopping centre in Eerste River.
Ward councillor in Belhar, Delmaine Cottee previously told Weekend Argus that their local post office had been robbed three times this year already.
A string of other robberies targeting post offices have taken place across the province. In February the Durbanville post office was robbed of R50 000 by five suspects.
Spokesperson for the South African Post Office, Johan Kruger said the trend in robberies led to a loss in profitability.
“Post offices that were the victims of robberies are temporarily closed until the police's forensic unit has completed their investigation. This also leads to a loss of income,” he said.
Kruger further said they were working to introduce a voucher system for grant payments to reduce cash at post office outlets.
Anyone with information is kindly requested to call Crime Stop on 08600 10111