Thugs flee away with R132 000 copper cable in Virginia, guards overpowered

The police in Virginia have intensified a manhunt, after security officers at Welgelee Silos in Virginia were overpowered by ten armed suspects who made off with a copper cable worth R132 000 and fled the scene.

Lejweleputswa police spokesperson captain Stephen Thakeng said the robbery occurred just after midnight on Saturday.

“Security officers were on duty guarding Welgelee Silos, when an alarm went off, one of the security went out to inspect the premises and when he came back he told his colleague that copper cable has been tampered.” said Thakeng.

“While they were still talking about the incident, ten men with handguns entered the building. The security personnel were instructed to cooperate at gun point, they were tied up with their boots laces and must lie on the floor,” he explained further.

Thakeng said two of the suspects were pointing guards with handguns as they were lying on the floor.

“Then a copper cable was pulled from the yard. When it was quite, they managed to untie themselves and realised that their cellphones were stolen on scene,” he said.

Thakeng said the stolen copper cable is valued R132 000.

The police were told that these armed armed men have Lesotho accent.

“A case of business robbery was registered for further investigation,” explained Thakeng.

The police have made a call that, anyone with information leading to the arrests of these armed robbers to urgently contact Detective Mokone Botipe of Virginia Detective Services at 082 301 3062 or contact the crime stop hotline number on 08600 10111.