A four-man SBV Services ATM security team came to the rescue of industry colleagues during a cash-in-transit robbery at Libode, near Mthatha in the Eastern Cape on Friday.
The company says in a statement a G4-Security team, servicing a store in a shopping centre, was attacked by an unknown number of armed suspects, who attempted to rob their client’s money boxes.
As they were about to leave, they witnessed the suspects carrying the boxes and responded to a call for assistance from the G4S team.
Following a pursuit and defence by the SBV team, who chased the suspects, the robbers fled the scene leaving the cash behind.
This was followed by the arrest of two of the suspects by the police.
SBV Services group CEO, Mark Barrett applauded the team for their bravery and successful defence of the attack.
