A gang of 15 men held up staff and guests at the five-star and iconic Belmond Mount Nelson Hotel in the Cape Town CBD on Tuesday night.
Police spokesman FC Van Wyk said the armed men arrived at the hotel in two vehicles. The security guard at the access control gate was threatened with a firearm. Two of the suspects removed the guard's baton and hand radio and stayed with him while other members of the gang proceeded to enter the hotel.
He says inside the staff and guests were threatened with firearms before all their personal belongings were stolen.
The suspects then started breaking the glass cabinet display windows in the foyer with big hammers and removed jewellery, and also took an undisclosed amount of cash from the cash register.
The suspects fled the scene shortly after the robbery.
Police investigators have immediately activated a multi-disciplinary action team and combed the crime scene area for any evidence, detectives are following up on all leads.
No arrests have been made as yet.
- African News Agency (ANA)
