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Police investigating brazen daylight robbery in Pinetown

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November 26, 2025

THE KwaZulu-Natal provincial police have confirmed that police are investigating a brazen armed robbery at a shopping centre in Pinetown on Monday.

- THUTHUKANI MTHEMBU

Videos of the alarming incident have gone viral on social media. In one of the videos, men wearing balaclavas and armed with rifles are seen removing boxes from a trolley and loading them into a white vehicle in the parking lot of the centre as other vehicles are driving past. The robbery took place reportedly at Pinecrest Centre.

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