Wet bank notes lay stuck to the tarmac around a badly damaged G4S cash-in-transit van after it was shot at and blown up with commercial explosives on a busy motorway in Cape Town on Monday.
Police spokesperson Lieutenant-Colonel Brenda Muridili confirmed that there had been a cash-in-transit heist on Jakes Gerwel Drive (formerly Vanguard Drive).
G4S Cash Solutions MD Keith Alberts said one of their armoured vehicles had been attacked while performing a cash collection in Athlone.
“A large number of armed robbers opened fire on the vehicle bringing it to a standstill. The robbers used commercial explosives to gain access to the vehicle and‚ at this stage‚ the cash loss is unknown‚” he said.