Five men who robbed a bank at the Atlasville shopping centre in Boksburg, Gauteng, on Tuesday afternoon were arrested within minutes, police said.
Captain Jethro Mtshali said two men, armed with a 9mm pistol and an AK-47 rifle, went into the Standard Bank branch at about noon and assaulted some of the employees.
”They then took an undisclosed amount of money and fled in a red stolen BMW.”
A member of the public informed police about the robbery. Officers found the robbers at the corner of Reier and Cockatoo streets in Boksburg at about 12.30pm.
Two of the robbers were injured in a shoot-out with police, Mtshali said.
Police recovered a money bag containing an undisclosed amount of money, a handgun, an AK-47 and two 9mm pistols from the car. — Sapa