Security officer wounded in cash-in-transit heist in Centurion

28 May 2018 - 14:50 By Kgaugelo Masweneng

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Security footage of yet another cash-in-transit heist, this time in Centurion.
Image: First road ‏ @firstgroup_FRT

A security officer was injured in a cash-in-transit heist at a shop in Seedcracker Street in Heuweloord‚ Centurion‚ on Monday morning.

Another cash in transit heist in centurion earlier on at Celtic shopping center @TrafficSA @_ArriveAlive @SAPoliceService pic.twitter.com/O3lfyeafz1
— First road (@firstgroup_FRT) May 28, 2018

ER24 paramedics arrived on the scene at 11.22am to find that the security officer had sustained a gunshot wound in his lower leg.

“Paramedics treated the man and provided him with pain-relief medication before he was transported by another service to a nearby hospital,” said Russel Meiring‚ ER24 spokesman.

A pregnant woman was assessed by ER24 paramedics. Fortunately‚ the woman escaped injury but was visibly shaken. She was transported to a nearby hospital.