Four men in a white VW Polo sedan with an NU registration are being sought for two separate robberies that occurred on Marula Circle in Trenance Park – KZN.
Residents received multiple calls from the public reporting a shootout in the area.
All available Reaction Officers were immediately dispatched to the scene.
It was established that the occupants of the VW Polo robbed fibre installers for spades and picks before they entered a property and held a family including three children aged between 4 and 7.
The robbers demanded cell phones, jewellery and cash. They were disturbed by the fibre installers who attempted to confront them.
The suspects stole two Huawei cell phones from the residence before they exited the house and fired shots at the construction company employees.
One 9mm bullet and a spent cartridge were recovered at the scene.
No injuries were reported.
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