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IOL News reports that a private security company, Fidelity Service Group, has called for the army to be deployed to help protect cash vans in the wake of an increase in cash heists across the country.
According to Fidelity CEO Wahl Bartmann, the deployment will help deal with the scourge of syndicates preying on cash-carrying vehicles. There have been more than 240 crash-in-transit (CIT) robberies since the beginning of the year. At the weekend, a gang of between 15 and 20 suspects got away with an undisclosed amount of money during a CIT heist on the N12. Police said four cash guards were injured and taken to hospital. One sustained gunshot wounds, while the others sustained injuries after the cash vehicle overturned before being bombed by the suspects. Last week, at least four cash heists were reported in KwaZulu-Natal. In one of the incidents, a guard, Stanley Hansraj, was killed. Bartmann asserted: "We need the support from government. When the trucks were burning in Van Reenen, the military was deployed. Why can't they deploy the military to support us? This is really, if you look at the state of the industry, crucial."
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Se-Anne Rall at IOL News
- Read too, ‘He loved his job’ - wife of slain cash-in-transit guard speaks out, at IOL News
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